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  • Rep. Barney Frank plans to marry longtime partner before retiring from office

    04/16/2012 9:51:24 AM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 42 replies
    The Hill ^ | April 16, 2012 | Alicia M. Cohn
    Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) plans to marry his longtime partner in July, which will make him the first member of Congress in a same-sex marriage. “I think it’s important that my colleagues interact with a married gay man,” Frank said in an interview with New York magazine published online Sunday. Frank, who plans to retire from Congress this year after 16 terms, became the first openly gay member of Congress in 1987. Frank announced in January his plan to marry longtime partner Jim Ready. The marriage will take place in Massachusetts, one of the six states that have legalized gay...