[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/rep-barney-frank-to-marry-partner-jim-ready\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/rep-barney-frank-to-marry-partner-jim-ready\/","headline":"Rep. Barney Frank to Marry Partner Jim Ready","name":"Rep. Barney Frank to Marry Partner Jim Ready","description":"By Jason Carson Wilson Retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., will soon be a groom. Frank and his partner of four years, handyman and photographer...","datePublished":"2012-01-26","dateModified":"2021-06-25","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gay-congressman-barney-frank-engaged.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gay-congressman-barney-frank-engaged.jpg","height":200,"width":300},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/rep-barney-frank-to-marry-partner-jim-ready\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":124,"articleBody":" By Jason Carson WilsonRetiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., will soon be a groom. Frank and his partner of four years, handyman and photographer Jim Ready, are engaged, the Advocate reports.Jim Ready and retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.Frank, 71, and Ready, 42, of Ogunquit, Maine will marry in Massachusetts. The happy couple hasn\u2019t set a date yet. Frank is the first U.S. congressman to voluntarily come out.He announced in November that he wouldn\u2019t seek re-election. That announcement wasn\u2019t void of Frank\u2019s classic wit and boldness. He challenged thrice-married U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich to a debate, while questioning posed the biggest threat to traditional marriage.Congratulations to the happy couple!\u00a0Photo: fleming-hayes.com"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Rep. Barney Frank to Marry Partner Jim Ready","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/rep-barney-frank-to-marry-partner-jim-ready\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]