Barney Frank Marriage: Retiring Congressman Intends To Marry Longtime Partner Jim Ready

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Barney Frank Marriage: Retiring Congressman Intends To Marry Longtime Partner Jim Ready

WASHINGTON--Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) intends to marry his longtime partner, Jim Ready, according to his office.

"Barney is planning to get married to his partner Jim Ready. The ceremony will take place in Massachusetts," Harry Gural, Frank's spokesman, told HuffPost.

A date has not been set.

Frank announced last November that he was retiring at the end of his term. Frank initially said that he was running for re-election, but said he changed his mind after the state's redistricting process would have forced him to run in a new district with many constituents he had never represented before.

He first won election to Congress in 1980.

Frank came out publicly as gay in 1987, blazing the trail for other openly gay public officials.

Frank met Ready in October 2005 at a fundraiser in Maine. After Ready's partner died in January 2007, the two began a relationship.

Frank expanded on setting a personal example for gay rights in a recent interview with the Boston Globe."It's one thing to say 'I'm not prejudiced against a person who is a gay,'" he said. "It's an entirely different matter to accept that person in their personal relationships. So over the past five years or so, Jimmy [Ready], my partner, and I have made it a point to attend events together, to go to public places as a couple. It's important that people see that."

Massachusetts is one of six states, and the District of Columbia, to grant same-sex marriages.

Ryan Grim contributed reporting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/barney-frank-marriage-jim-ready_n_1233996.html

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Good for him.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I hope he is happy in his retirement.

[Danno 1,228]

I hope he is happy in his retirement.

I don't ......he was a big part in what cost untold numbers of people their retirement savings, not to mention so much of the housing debacle.

He should be in jail.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

He should be in jail.

After Newt.

[Pooky 3,343]

After With Newt.

Better outcome all round.

They can argue with each other until they're pink in the face.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Stevie, have you received your wedding invite yet?

[mr and mrs 187]

little old new england appreciates his service and his courage to do so as an openly gay man.

any other reps or sens out and proud?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

little old new england appreciates his service and his courage to do so as an openly gay man.

any other reps or sens out and proud?

I did not say I appreciate his service. I don't, And perhaps there are no others to be out and proud. Why does his sexuality make him courageous? I thought it didn't matter.

Look, I have nothing against gay marriage, but only because I do not give a rat's @ss what someones sexual orientation is. They can keep it to themselves or not, I don't care.

Frank is a crook and I wish him happiness in his retirement (if he is not tried, convicted and imprisoned) because it sounded nicer than "Good Riddance to bad rubbish"

[mr and mrs 187]

I did not say I appreciate his service. I don't, And perhaps there are no others to be out and proud. Why does his sexuality make him courageous? I thought it didn't matter.

Look, I have nothing against gay marriage, but only because I do not give a rat's @ss what someones sexual orientation is. They can keep it to themselves or not, I don't care.

Frank is a crook and I wish him happiness in his retirement (if he is not tried, convicted and imprisoned) because it sounded nicer than "Good Riddance to bad rubbish"

sweet, prickly gary.

i do think it is brave to be who you are. gays and lesbians in the spotlight attract attention to their personal and family choices. a white-bread nuclear family is almost a prerequisite for politicians. (ex. sarah palin and her family, until bristol kinda messed up the image) when you dont conform to that idea of normal, you are seen as abnormal. its like swimming upstream.

to serve the public who elected you despite that sort of climate is, in my opinion, courageous and deserves thanks.

[mr and mrs 187]

any other reps or sens out and proud?

according to wikipedia from march of 2009:

There have been six openly LGB members in the history of Congress. Gerry Studds (elected in 1972) became the first openly gay man when he publicly announced his sexuality in 1982.[3]Barney Frank (serving since 1981) first spoke publicly about his sexual orientation in 1987.[4]Steve Gunderson, elected in 1980 and outed in 1994,[5] and Jim Kolbe, elected in 1984 and outed in 1996,[6] are two other previous members of Congress who were openly gay. Current congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is the first and so far only open lesbian woman to win election to Congress.[7] In 1998, she became the first ever openly gay person to win election to Congress as a non-incumbent. Former California representative Michael Huffington is bisexual, but did not come out until after his term had ended.[8]Jared Polis (who was elected in 2008 and assumed office on January 6, 2009) is the first openly gay man to have been elected to the House as a freshman. Republican representative Mark Foley's homosexuality was well-known in his district, though he did not serve openly in Congress and did not come out publicly until after his term ended.There has never been an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender member of the Senate.

any others in the past three years? cicilline of rhode island.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

I don't ......he was a big part in what cost untold numbers of people their retirement savings, not to mention so much of the housing debacle.

He should be in jail.

He would enjoy himself too much in prison. He would be in sausage paradise there. ol Barney would be getting a skittles make-up job in no time flat.