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Clela Ann Rorex (July 23, 1943 – June 19, 2022) was an American county clerk who issued the first same-sex marriage license in the United States. [1] Serving as the Boulder County Clerk, Rorex issued a marriage license to a gay couple in 1975 after receiving approval from the District Attorney. [1]
On October 6, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of that decision. The Attorney General asked the Tenth Circuit to lift a stay in a similar Colorado case, which would then require Colorado to recognize same-sex marriage. In January 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court made a ruling to retroactively recognise common-law same-sex marriage. [2]
The First Unitarian Society of Denver was the location of Colorado's first religious same-sex wedding ceremony, held in 1975 following issuance of a marriage license and civil ceremony in Boulder County. In 1975, Clela Rorex, the Boulder County Clerk, became the first county clerk in the nation to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [19]
News of public record: Marriage licenses, divorces, dissolutions. Gannett. Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian. February 12, 2024 at 2:10 AM. The following individuals applied for marriage licenses in ...
In 1975, the Boulder County Clerk issued marriage licenses to several same-sex couples after the local district attorney interpreted Colorado's statutes, which used the phrase "any two persons", to be gender-neutral with respect to marriage. State Attorney General J.D. MacFarlane issued a contrary opinion that those marriages were invalid. [9]
Marriage license applications filed in Allen Co. Probate Court. Tribune. J Swygart, The Lima News, Ohio. January 3, 2024 at 7:31 PM. Jan. 3—LIMA — The following couples recently filed ...
March 5–9: A clerk in Asbury Park, New Jersey, processes several marriage licenses for same-sex couples until warned by the state attorney general to stop. A deputy mayor officiates at the marriage of one couple on March 8. [84] [85] March 3: Multnomah County, Oregon, issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [86]
It was one of the first courthouses in the US to issue same-sex marriage licenses in 1975, when Boulder County clerk Clela Rorex issued licenses to 6 same-sex couples. [3] In 1980, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as one of 125 contributing buildings in the Downtown Boulder Historic District. [4] [5]