In 1975, as the county clerk of Boulder County, Cela Rorex issued several marriage licenses to same sex couples, before the State Attorney General ruled against them. When she died earlier this month, she was remembered by the current Colorado governor, and his husband.
Clela Rorex, Clerk Who Broke a Gay-Marriage Barrier, Dies at 78. In 1975 she issued a gay couple a license to marry in Colorado, becoming a hero to some and an object of hate for others. By Neil Genzlinger
"Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis, who is gay, was among those paying tribute to Ms. Rorex.
“So many families, including First Gentleman Marlon Reis and I, are grateful for the visionary leadership of Clela Rorex,” he wrote on Facebook, calling her a woman “ahead of her time.”
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