And, like every other American, he should have this right:
Congressman Barney Frank’s office has confirmed that the retiring 71-year-old Representative is marrying his longtime partner, Jim Ready, in a Massachusetts ceremony. A date has not been set.
It simply perplexes me how many straight people value their commitment to their significant other so little that the notion of two other people loving one and another somehow gets in the way of their relationship. Maybe it is because I am a lifelong bachelor, but I sorta only fucking worry about who is in my bed. I’ve got enough other bullshit to deal with to worry about what the rest of you dysfunctional sick bastards are up to.
Odie Hugh Manatee
Well there goes my marriage. Next comes man on dog, dog on man, armadillo on porcupine, New Jersey Humping Ground Squirrels on parking meters…
sex. Oh teh whoreorrs!
I wonder what song Barney will sing at his wedding…
I love you, you love me… ;)
Congrats Congressman, may you both live(er) long and prosper!
Now back to being a sick bastard…
Comrade Mary
Bitches with cold noses. You pervert.
Comrade Nimrod Humperdink
Good for Barney. Man’s got no more bullshit bad press to put up with anymore and doesn’t have to pretend otherwise. I’d love to see him end up as a bit of a talking head on the tee-vee. I think he’d improve the quality of the discourse a bit. Imagine him making pundits cry on CNN. Delicious. Barney Frank vs. Erick Erickson. It’d be like one of those old Tyson fights from the mid 80s.
amk
Barney should send a RSVP to santorums, just to fuck with them.
harlana
@Comrade Mary: “with armpit fetishes” also too
RosiesDad
Good for Barney.
We are going to miss him; he is one of the good guys.
True.
Ron
@amk: That may be the funniest comment I’ve seen about Barney getting married.
amk
@Ron: TG at least one got the pun. :)
LGRooney
Why does Romney only pay 13.9% in taxes? Because he can.
Why do Republicans lie constantly to the press’ face? Because they can.
Anything else?
Princess
It is because, for those people, marriage is not about the love two people feel for each other. It is about the exchange of a woman between two men. *That’s* traditional, patriarchical marriage and gay marriage indeed does threaten it because it is about love, not exchange. Even though many of us have moved beyond Purity ball-walk down the aisle–give her away–slap a new name on her marriage, many, many have not and these things are not symbolic, they are real. Gay marriage threatens that.
Thank the FSM. Bring it on, I say.
Sasha
I have four criteria that someone’s sex partner(s) need to meet:
Competent
Consenting
Human
Not my husband
I figure as long as though 4 criteria are met, it’s none of my business.
Sock Puppet of the Great Satan
But if teh gheys can marry, it means less trade to pick up using a wide stance in Midwest airport toilets. That’s why the closet cases in the GOP oppose it.
Damned at Random
My husband says now that Barney has found happiness, we will have to divorce. I guess it’s a zero sum game.
Sigh
We will go through hell dividing up the cats.
BerkeleyMom
With so much gay marriage going on, how much longer can the Santorums stay married?We already know what all the undermining did to Newt’s first two sacred unions.
Kilkee
Really, there must be a bunch (well, a few) of his GOP House-mates that Barney can invite to the festivities, just to tweak them. Or maybe just because he’d like them to be there. How many would show up? None, I guess, even those (assuming there are any) with whom he was on good terms. Cowards.
Paul in KY
Great news! My best to the couple.
Felinious Wench
@Sasha:
Just so you know, I plan to borrow this shamelessly.