Marlon Reis (L), Gov. Jared Polis. Photo: United States Congress, via Wikimedia Commons
Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis wed his longtime partner, Marlon Reis, on Wednesday, marking the first same-sex marriage of a sitting United States governor, reports NPR.
In 2018, Polis became the first openly gay man ever elected governor in the US a decade earlier, he was the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. House.
“Over the course of Jared’s career in Congress, you know, we didn’t set out to be the first of anything. Things sort of happened that way,” said his now-husband, Marlon Reis.
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