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Written by AP
Jan 26, 2012
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank plans to marry partner Jim Ready.
Frank spokesman Harry Gural said the wedding will be in Frank’s home state of Massachusetts, but that no date had been set.
Ready, 42, lives in Ogunquit, Maine, where he has a small business in awnings, carpentry, painting, welding and other general handyman services, Gural told the AP. He and Frank have been partners since 2007.
During an appearance on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show" earlier this month, Frank said he was looking forward to leaving Congress and spending time with Ready.
"Look, I have a partner now, Jim Ready; I have an emotional attachment. I'm in love for the first time in my life," Frank said on the show.
Frank, 71, won his House seat in 1980 and was one of the first lawmakers to come out of the closet.
Last November, Frank announced that he was retiring at the end of his current term, his 16th in Congress.
He said he was retiring because his Massachusetts district has changed so much he would have to spend too much time campaigning for re-election.
Frank has been in the House since 1981 and represents the state's 4th District, which stretches from the upscale Boston suburbs of Newton and Brookline to the working-class cities of New Bedford and Taunton in southeastern Massachusetts.
Source: AP
