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

[WillParkinson]

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) intends to marry his longtime partner, Jim Ready in Massachusetts, New England Cable News reports.

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.

[link:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/barney-frank-marriage-jim-ready_n_1233996.html?ref=politics|

[NMDemDist2]

1. YAY!!

I wish them the very best and i'm so glad for them both

[xchrom]

2. ...

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Congrats to them.

I'm surprised they aren't married already.

[Scuba]

4. Congrats Barney and Jim!

[snacker]

5. YES...

best wishes to them.

[nilram]

6. Finally, they won't be "living in sin!"

(lol, I crack me up.)

[Lugnut]

7. Very cool!

Congrats to the happy couple.

[Ruby the Liberal]

8. Mazel!

[gateley]

9. This makes me feel so warm and fuzzy, I just MIGHT forgive him for retiring. :-)

[nolabear]

10. Hooray! The world just got a little better.

May it continue to do so. Congratulations to both.

[handmade34]

14. "The world just got a little better"

wonderful way to express it! Congratulations to Barney Frank and Partner

[closeupready]

11. Gonna miss his wit when he steps down.

Happy for him on this one, though.

[onehandle]

12. How? They're both dudes.

Crazy kids and their new fangled ideas. Get off my lawn!

Congrats to the grooms.

[SoapBox]

13. Congrats guys!

[VWolf]

15. I guess Jim's finally ..... Ready?

[silverweb]

17. How wonderful!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I'm truly going to miss him. That montage of clips in the HuffPo article is hysterical.

Congressman Frank has been a fine legislator and representative of his constituents, a very smart, outspoken, honest man with the added bonus of a wicked, rapier wit.

Long life and many blessings to the happy couple!

[libodem]

18. Good on them

[RKP5637]

19. Congratulations to them!!!

[Mira]

20. Congratulations!

[TBF]

21. Best wishes to them both! nt

[Warpy]

22. Mazeltov!

High time they made honest men out of each other.

I find myself oddly pleased by this. I've had the pleasure of voting for Frank and of seeing him dissect conservatives when he was in the Mass. lege. I've been a fan for years.

I hope they have a long and happy life together.

[A Simple Game]

23. Good for them. n/t

[libodem]

24. Congratulations

To both.

[Smarmie Doofus]

25. Jim Ready. Barney ready too.

Or so it would appear.


Kick and Rec.

[DesertFlower]

26. congratultions to both of them.

[bigwillq]

27. Cool!

K and R

[Tx4obama]

28. Congratulations, Barney and Jim :) n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

29. Just heard this on my local news!

What great news for Barney Frank, wishing him a lot of happiness after all his years of hard work!

[JDPriestly]

30. Congratulations to the couple. This is wonderful!

[maddezmom]

31. Congrats to Barney & Jim

[Bill O-Rights]

32. The only bad part is that they had to wait so goddamn long.

but a toast to them, Barney has been a light in the wilderness!

[judesedit]

33. God bless them. I hope they are very happy.

It's about time we had equality in this country....for EVERYONE!

[klook]

34. Nice!

Wish them both all the best.

[Withywindle]

35. Congratulations to them!

It does kind of make me even sadder that he's retiring, though. It would be awesome to have a married gay man in Congress. But then, if he wants to retire, he's certainly earned it.

[Zorra]

36. Awww, congratulations to Barney. It's just

so very right that he can marry his love.

[Firebrand Gary]

37. Congratulations guys!

Great news!

[LostinRed]

38. Very cool! n/t

[madokie]

39. Congratulations to Barney and his SO

I just wish he would stay in the house as he is one of the few sane ones left.

[a la izquierda]

40. Wheee! This makes me so happy!

I hope this becomes a possibility and a reality for all GLBTQ couples nationwide.

[pinto]

41. Congrats, Barney & Jim.

Have a good one...

[Bluenorthwest]

42. Good for Jim and Barney!

We should send a nice arrangement when the day comes. I know I will!

[peace frog]

43. Congratulations to the happy couple

I'm all verklempt.

[jwirr]

44. I was glad to hear this - he deserves to be happy.

[tawadi]

45. Good for him

I wish them both much happiness.