The Rainbow Minute
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“Barney and James Tie the Knot"
Reader: Mary Gay Hutcherson
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On July 7, 2012, Democratic Representative Barney Frank and small business owner and photographer James Ready were married at the Boston Marriot Newton. Officiated by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the ceremony was attended by three hundred friends, family and colleagues.
The event was historic, marking the first time a sitting congressman entered into a same-sex marriage. It was fitting that Frank and Ready married in Massachusetts, where in 2004, the state became the first in the U. S. to legalize same-sex marriage. Since then, over 18,000 same-sex couples have wed there.
Frank and Ready had been together since 2007 and met at a political fundraiser in Ready’s home state of Maine. Frank felt it was important to get married while still in office so his colleagues could interact with a married gay man.
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