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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Clela Rorex, who issued 1st same-sex marriage licenses, dies

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Clela Rorex, a former Colorado county clerk considered a pioneer in the gay rights movement for being the first public official to issue a same-sex marriage license in 1975, has died. She was 78.

Rorex died Sunday of complications from recent surgery at a hospice care facility in Longmont, the Daily Camera reported.

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