Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis married his longtime partner Marlon Reis on Wednesday. It was the first ever same-sex wedding of a sitting U.S. governor.
“The greatest lesson we have learned over the past 18 months is that life as we know it can change in an instant,” Polis shared to his Twitter account. “We are thankful for the opportunity to celebrate our life together as a married couple.
“After 18 years together, we couldn’t be happier to be married at last,” he added.
Polis and Reis got engaged in late 2020.
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Ries broke the news to The Colorado Sun on March 3, 2021. The proposal, however, came at a delicate moment last December: Reis was on his way to the hospital for treatment for a COVID-19 infection.
“I was getting my things ready. My daughter was crying in the corner — she didn’t want me to go,” Reis told the paper. “My son was asking me a lot of technical questions: ‘When are you coming back? Do they know exactly what’s wrong?’ It was a very tense moment.”
Gov. Polis entered the room, urging Reis to hurry up…then suddenly dropped to one knee.
“It was the absolute perfect time,” Reis said. “I said to him, ‘I couldn’t breathe before. Now I really can’t breathe.’”
“It put such a spring in my step,” Reis added. “When I got to the hospital I wasn’t scared anymore. I said ‘I have a great relationship, a great family that I’m going to be coming home to after this.’”
barryaksarben
Congratulations and thank you gov for your bravery
ridgelineranger
What a beautiful story of love and having faith that Marlon would pull through. My husband and I wish them, and their family many years of happiness. Congratulations!
Kangol2
Congrats, Gov. Polis and Mr. Reis! Happy nuptials!
Fahd
With that Boebart woman I was beginning to change my feelings about Colorado – but this marriage story made me remember it, as I always had, as a beautiful place where I had spent some quality time. Congrats to the happy couple!
nowliveit
One of the many many reasons I love that I moved to Denver two years ago and now consider this my home state. There is awe-inspiring beauty everywhere and inspiring politics where a state and city actually has policies to help people…unlike my now former native state of Texas run by the Republican Taliban.
daddytop
Mazel tov.