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US Congress gets its first gay wedding

 

Sunday 08 July 2012 23:03 BST
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US Congressman Barney Frank (left) and his partner Jim Ready have recently tied the knot
US Congressman Barney Frank (left) and his partner Jim Ready have recently tied the knot (AP)

Barney Frank, the US Congressman and first national US politician to come out as a homosexual, has tied the knot with his longtime partner in a ceremony officiated by the Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Mr Frank's spokesman said the 72-year-old congressman married Jim Ready, 42, on Saturday evening.

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