Diamonds? Sure, someday, but they don’t express our marriage as well as a text message from afar.
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PHOTOS: 75 couples marry, renew vows on the slopes this Valentine’s Day
Despite blowing snow, the 32nd Annual Marry Me and Ski for Free Valentine’s Day event at Loveland Ski Area was a lovefest
Posted inOpinion Columns
Nicolais: Respect for Marriage Act earns Colorado support
Ten Coloradans — including U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea — joined me to urge the U.S. Senate to pass marriage equality protections
Posted inOpinion
What’d I Miss?: Did past generations really value marriage more — or was society just different?
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning |
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Nicolais: Marriage was the best decision Gov. Jared Polis has made yet
On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Jared Polis made the best decision of his time in office and married Marlon Reis. Channeling his trademark geekdom, Polis commemorated his “mawage” via a quote from The Princess Bride. When I saw the tweet, my heart soared. First and foremost, I previously wrote an entire column based on a metaphor […]
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the nation’s first openly gay governor, marries his longtime partner Marlon Reis
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis married his longtime partner, Marlon Reis, on Wednesday afternoon. The couple wed at a small, traditional Jewish ceremony that was held outdoors with family and friends present, according to the governor’s office. Rabbi Tirzah Firestone officiated. The governor’s office said every guest was required to test negative for COVID-19. “The greatest […]
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his longtime partner, Marlon Reis, are engaged
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is engaged. And he picked an interesting moment to pop the question. First Gentleman Marlon Reis was feeling crummy the day it happened. His condition was deteriorating after battling a coronavirus infection for more than a week. His oxygen saturation levels had dropped to a concerning level. A doctor told him […]
Posted inOpinion, Write On, Colorado
I’ve discovered “Love in the Time of Corona,” and hope these special moments endure
While my title is a play on the famous novel, “Love in the Time of Cholera,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, its theme of love is simpler. How can love grow in the very best of ways during this very difficult time in our lives? I live in Granby at 8,500 feet. We are transitioning to […]
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The coronavirus didn’t postpone our wedding. It multiplied it.
My fiancé-husband and I are one of the tens of thousands of couples across the country that have had to postpone their wedding. It is a privileged problem to have amidst the health and financial challenges crippling the globe right now, but a heartbreaking one nonetheless. We came to the decision slowly, begrudgingly, until we […]
Posted inCOVID, News, Politics and Government
Each Colorado coronavirus patient is spreading the disease to as many as 4 people, governor says
CENTENNIAL — Each Coloradan infected by the new coronavirus likely has spread the disease to three or four others, Gov. Jared Polis said Friday as he warned of how bad things may get in the state unless people start taking social distancing seriously. In explaining — and defending — his stay-at-home order issued earlier this […]