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1st Congressman Same Sex Wedding: Democratic Rep. Barney Frank and Longtime Lover Wed

As this may be a surprise, let’s remember all that our dear President of the United States has been fighting for. He wanted to win the ‘gay vote’ and by golly, he’s getting everyone to jump on the band wagon with him. With all of the laws and legal pushes for gay rights from Obama, this was going to happen much sooner than later: an openly gay congressman who publicly weds his gay lover. BTW, a governor officiated the wedding. Nice.

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Democratic Rep. Barney Frank wed his longtime partner, James Ready, on Saturday, becoming the first sitting congressman to enter into a same-sex marriage.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick officiated the ceremony and added some levity by saying Frank, 72, and Ready, 42, had vowed to love each other through Democratic and Republican administrations alike, and even through appearances on Fox News, according to Al Green, a Democratic congressman from Texas.

“Barney was beaming,” said Green, who attended the ceremony. He added that Frank, a champion of gay rights and the sweeping reform of Wall Street, shed a tear during the ceremony. After exchanging their vows, Frank and Ready embraced each other, Green said. “It was no different than any other wedding I’ve attended when you have two people who are in love with each other,” Green said.

Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat and a former chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, has been an openly gay congressman since the late 1980s.

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