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JOANNA WEISS

Barney Frank reflects on the monumental change he’s seen

Monumental change has taken place over the course of Representative Barney Frank’s 40-year public career. It began with his utter certainty that he couldn’t come out to his colleagues in Boston City Hall, and will end a few months after the president of the United States has publicly endorsed gay marriage.

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