US Congress gets its first gay wedding

Sunday 08 July 2012 23:03 BST

US Congressman Barney Frank (left) and his partner Jim Ready have recently tied the knot (AP)

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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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