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Barney Frank: “I apologize for assuming that the gentleman was referring to gay marriage. This is a debate about gay marriage. So when…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2004
I apologize for assuming that the gentleman was referring to gay marriage. This is a debate about gay marriage. So when the gentleman talked about the dissolution of 20,000 marriages, I made, apparently, the incorrect inference that there was some relationship between what the gentleman was saying and the subject under suggestion. I withdraw the inference.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Addressing a misunderstanding during a debate on gay marriage.

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