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Title: US - Barney Frank Weds Jim Ready
Post by: MadelineB on July 08, 2012, 12:56:22 AM
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Barney Frank Weds Jim Ready
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Published: July 7, 2012

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It was perhaps fitting that Representative Barney Frank met his future husband, Jim Ready, at a political fund-raiser in 2005.
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And what did Mr. Frank make of that? "That I'm being rewarded for coming to this fund-raiser," he said with a laugh.

Mr. Frank, 72, and Mr. Ready, 42, were married in Newton, Mass., part of Mr. Frank's district, on Saturday in a low-key ceremony on the banks of the Charles River. Gov. Deval L. Patrick of Massachusetts officiated. The guests included Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, as well as Senator John Kerry and Representatives Dennis J. Kucinich and Steny H. Hoyer.
Title: Barney Frank, Jim Ready Marry In Massachusetts
Post by: MadelineB on July 08, 2012, 01:04:36 AM
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Barney Frank, Jim Ready Marry In Massachusetts
Posted: 07/07/2012 8:33 pm Updated: 07/07/2012 9:50 pm
By Tim McLaughlin
BOSTON, July 7 (Reuters)

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

Massachusetts Governor 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.