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I've always admired both David Cicillini and Sean Patrick Maloney. They're great representatives.
I didn't realize until this afternoon that they both are gay. Not that they were hiding it, but it just isn't all that important to many Americans.
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Two things I didn't realize until today, and in the real world this is good... (Original Post)
George II
Feb 2021
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Ocelot II
(115,661 posts)1. That was news to me, too.
It shouldnt matter but unfortunately, to some GOP troglodytes it does.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,446 posts)2. Never thought about his orientation.....lol, I thought it was Tim Ryan being interviewed on MSNBC
until they had his name up. He seemed normal and stable to me. It's the unstable ones in Congress that worry me.
MontanaMama
(23,302 posts)3. Sean Patrick Maloney is married with 3 kiddos.
Maloney has been with his husband Randy Florke since 1992, when they met in New York City where Maloney was helping plan the Democratic National Convention. Together they have adopted three children.[4] Florke is an interior decorator who has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine.[83] Maloney and his family live in Cold Spring, New York. Maloney and Florke had become engaged on Christmas Day 2013.[84] They were married in Cold Spring on June 21, 2014.[85
Im kind of a fan girl of Rep. Maloney.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Patrick_Maloney
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)4. I was today years old...
I didn't realize until this afternoon that they both are gay. Not that they were hiding it, but it just isn't all that important to many Americans.
You said it. It just isn't all that important. No one cares, except the GOP closet cases.