Jared Polis Announces Birth Of Son, Becoming First Openly Gay Parent In Congress

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) is a proud father of a newborn baby, making him the first openly gay parent in the U.S. Congress.

On Friday, Polis and his partner, Marlon Reis, sent out an announcement about the arrival of their son, Caspian Julius, who is 8 pounds, 12 ounces.

"Baby and parents are doing well, baby has learned to cry already! No gifts please, just nice thoughts for Caspian, humankind, the planet, and the universe!" read the announcement.

Polis and Reis have declined to comment on whether it was a surrogate pregnancy or an adoption.

“We are so thrilled for the congressman and his partner,” said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council, an organization that advocates for LGBT families. “Little Caspian Julius is so lucky to have two wonderful and loving dads. On behalf of America’s growing number of LGBT parents, we want to send the family our warmest wishes.”

According to the Family Equality Council, there are 1 million LGBT parents raising 2 million children.

Polis is a co-sponsor of the Every Child Deserves A Family Act, which would "ban discrimination in adoption or foster care placement based on the sexual orientation, marital status or gender identity of the potential parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child," according to a press release from the office of Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), who introduced the bill.

Comments

[blackreign]

07:58 PM on 10/26/2011

How ironic; Homosexuals are chronically dependent on heterosexuals, to support their emulation of a family.

[Brandon McDonald]

08:59 AM on 10/19/2011

There's a lot of people who are really quick to throw these two down. I'm completely straight, i'm very judgmental on acceptance of gay rights (mainly because there's always a idiot in the bunch who demands much, much more and wrecks it for the rest of the community) - with that being said I think it's great that they either chose to bring a new baby in the world (which pretty much kills anyones theory of "gays are going to exterminate the population and make us extinct) - or they adopted a baby someone else just threw away. Before you judge their parenting, wait and see how they do, if they slip up then feel free to bash them all you want, but you know nothing about this couple or their parenting skills, so no, you can't judge them. There's heterosexual couples all over the world killing their kids, beating their wives and raping their daughters, you don't sit here and whine about them, so you know what? You straight superiority complex-filled bigots need to look at our own sexual identity before you go out and start bashing someone elses.

[SteveDenver]

04:07 PM on 10/20/2011

Fan #2 & Favorite
Thanks for your well-reasoned post, correct spelling, proper grammar and punctuation.

[blackreign]

07:59 PM on 10/26/2011

So in your world, the behavior of potential parents don't matter. You would support childs being adopted by just about anyone, regardless of their behavior.

Yeah, you sound real intelligent spewing judgment upon others. You can come out, it's safe here at HP.

[commentonthehuffpost]

03:51 PM on 10/18/2011

Congratulations to Rep. Polis and his partner.

[landskroon]

03:26 PM on 10/18/2011

New in America ? old news for the rest of the western world

[blackreign]

02:55 PM on 10/18/2011

Homosexuals don't believe in using their own reproductive organs, even to produce a family, but they do believe in using the reproductive organs of others. Pretending to be a parent and have a family is not good enough for any child. Just because someone signs over a child to you, don't make you a parent.

Despicable.

[SteveDenver]

04:08 PM on 10/20/2011

Stereotypes exist for a reason, sorry you had to fulfill one of yours.

[macrophone]

01:23 PM on 10/18/2011

how did two men create a baby?

[blackreign]

02:56 PM on 10/18/2011

They relied on a heterosexual relationship to afford them the ability to "play house".

[SteveDenver]

04:11 PM on 10/20/2011

How do you know it was a "relationship" or "heterosexual?" The mother could have been lesbian, insemination could have been artificial or in vitro. You put the ASS in assumption.

[SteveDenver]

04:12 PM on 10/20/2011

Are you really curious, or just being annoying?

[Bob Bobsky]

11:25 AM on 10/18/2011

Congratulations!

[kennethdosier]

08:30 AM on 10/04/2011

Those who believe that a life style is dictated from ones birth don't understand the orgin of life. How ones lives is a choice not how one was borned. Even the handicapped choose to live their lives depending upon their handicap. We humans in this day fail to take on responsibility for our lives. If one chooses to live the homosexual life, do it, but don't try to make everyone else do the same. And, that is what happens when folks who "have" children don't take responsibility for raising them, they are left alone for others to raise. A family, Man and Woman, have children, that is the way God set up the plan. So, the same should raise the child(s).

[CabinAgue]

10:35 AM on 10/04/2011

There is so much wrong with that I don't even know where to begin.  ("borned"???)

Did you "choose" a heterosexual life?  When?

And please -- nobody is trying to make everyone else "live the homosexual life".  How absurd.  Though perhaps you are feeling drawn toward it?  -- hmmmm.

As for people who don't take responsibility for raising children -- what does that have to do with this couple?  They are taking responsibility.  There is certainly no shortage of examples of heterosexuals who don't take responsibility for their children.  Not that it has anything to do with their sexuality, but with their own upbringing, their ethics, their personality, their psychological health, etc.

As for God...  Why do you suppose he makes homosexual animals (including humans) in the first place?  Maybe it's just his sense of humor!  Or maybe it's a test to see if you understand his meaning of loving thy neighbor, and not judging others.  So far, I think you aren't quite getting it.

[roald]

01:58 PM on 10/04/2011

Let me cover one point that you missed...

"A family, Man and Woman, have children, that is the way God set up the plan."?
For much of our history, a family was one man and many women.

So you consider a married woman and man without children be considered a family? Even if they chose not to have children?

[franky1]

07:25 AM on 10/05/2011

Oh and Cabin, the whole animals being gay thing is a myth. That has beenlong debunked by scientistall over the world. So that is a true failed comparison . Also, if we are comparing ourself to animals then why don't we eat our own waste, animals do, why don't we kill our new born young that are weak. Animals do. Why don't we sleep in our own filth, animals do. The comparison to animals is such a failed one because we have a far more superior mind , to which we were given dominion over the animals.

[Bob Bobsky]

11:15 AM on 10/18/2011

You missed the comparison. The subject was things "God has created" and their similarities.

[Bob Bobsky]

11:24 AM on 10/18/2011

So, I researched homosexual animals and oddly enough didn't find ONE article claiming that homosexuality among animals is a myth. Quite the opposite. The idea is becoming more widely accepted. I'll actually cite my sources, so people know I'm not just making things up to appear right.
One of the stories I read was really neat. It was about black swans. The homosexual male couple (which makes up 25% of black swan families) will mate a female and then chase her away, hatching and raising the babies themselves.

http://www.livescience.com/1125-homosexual-animals-closet.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0722_040722_gayanimal.html

[Rose14]

03:10 PM on 10/03/2011

Awww he's so cute I just wanna poke his cheeks!! >

[Oneandoneandone]

02:32 PM on 10/03/2011

Congratulations! That's awesome :-)

[countdown69]

08:55 AM on 10/03/2011

And guess what - disaster hasn't struck, and the world keeps going. The homophobes heads are exploding and for what ? Whether you are straight or gay has bearing on anyone else's lives being gay is not a sexually transmitted disease. You are born this way beautiful in gods eyes just like everyone else. Congrats to you congressman and to your partner!

[blackreign]

02:59 PM on 10/18/2011

A world full of homosexuals means imminent extinction. Homosexuals need to stop pretending to be something they don't believe in.

[SteveDenver]

04:16 PM on 10/20/2011

You're so obsessed with homosexuals and our relationships, what could it mean?

[Republican No More]

08:28 AM on 10/03/2011

What an interesting year... Congratulations, Rep. Polis... what a cute kid...

[gaydood]

08:07 AM on 10/03/2011

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[Purcy]

01:25 AM on 10/03/2011

Cool. Congratulations!!!

[marlaannchristenson]

12:35 AM on 10/03/2011

Many blessings to the proud parents!

[blackreign]

02:59 PM on 10/18/2011

You should consider raising your standards on what is an actual parent.

[SteveDenver]

04:17 PM on 10/20/2011

You're so obsessed with homosexual­s and our relationsh­ips, what could it mean?