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hrmjustin

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Tue Jun 17, 2014, 05:09 PM Jun 2014

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney Weds This Weekend

Liz Benjamin

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and his partner of 21 years, Randy Gene Florke, will tie the knot this weekend at the Church of St. Mary-in-the-Highlands in their adopted home town of Cold Spring, the Hudson Valley Democrat’s office confirmed.

The Rev. Fr. Shane Scott-Hamblen will conduct the ceremony. The couple’s three children – Reinel (24), Daley (13) and Essie (11) – will undoubtedly be on hand.

Maloney and Florke, a real estate and design executive in New York City for The Rural Connection, Inc., got engaged this past Christmas Day at the urging of their kids – in fact, their youngest daughter had specifically asked Santa Claus to let her fathers get married. “They are a loving couple,” she wrote.

The couple had previously pledged not to wed until marriage equality was established at the federal level. New York legalized same-sex marriage in July 2011. They reportedly discussed marrying after the US Supreme Court struck down a crucial section of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act in June 2013, but didn’t actually decide to take the plunge until their children made it clear how important it was for them to see their two dads marry.

http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2014/06/rep-sean-patrick-maloney-weds-this-weekend/

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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney Weds This Weekend (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2014 OP
Congratulations to them! LoisB Jun 2014 #1
Agreed! hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2
I hope to have pictures. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #3
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