Colorado’s Jared Polis, who grew to become the primary brazenly homosexual man within the United States to be elected governor in 2018, has married his longtime companion and first gentleman Marlon Reis a author and animal welfare advocate.
Polis, 46, and Reis, 40, have been married in a standard Jewish ceremony attended by household and buddies in Boulder, on Wednesday, the governors workplace mentioned. Rabbi Tirzah Firestone officiated.
They have been collectively for 18 years and have two youngsters, a 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old woman. The household lives in Boulder.
Polis, a Democrat, and Reis have been engaged in December as Reis was making ready to be hospitalized after contracting Covid-19. Reis was launched from the hospital after two days. Polis additionally caught the coronavirus however had solely gentle signs.
:The biggest lesson now we have discovered over the previous eighteen months is that life as we all know it will possibly change right away,” the couple mentioned in an announcement. “We are thankful for the health and wellbeing of our family and friends, and the opportunity to celebrate our life together as a married couple.”