Barney Frank First Gay Congressman to Legally Marry Partner

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I've always liked Barney Frank, probably at least partly because he rankles right-wing world so much. Also, he's smart, funny and quick. . .and he reminds me a little of my Aunt Shelby. So, it's cool that Barney was able to get married before he retired, looky there, his partner is thirty years younger? Way to go, Barney! But really. . .did they have to be named Frank and Ready? Oh well, he could've married a guy named Furter, Beans, or Earnest! Congrats, Mr. Congressman.


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Barney Frank Weds Jim Ready

IT was perhaps fitting that Representative Barney Frank met his future husband, Jim Ready, at a political fund-raiser in 2005. “I told him I had a crush on him for 20 years,” said Mr. Ready, recalling that as a teenager he was inspired by Mr. Frank’s public declaration that he was gay. . .

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