The Barney Frank Rule

"The fact is, yes, the Republicans do think [homosexuality] should be a crime. And I think there’s a right to privacy. But the right to privacy should not be a right to hypocrisy...people who want to demonize other people shouldn’t then be able to go home and close the door, and do it themselves," says Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank about outing gay politicians.

Rep. Frank, the founder of the National Stonewall Democrats has been Massachusetts's 4th congressional district representative since 1981. He is one of the few out national politicians and, as the chair of the House Ethics committee, may be one of the most important figures in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. Track the beginning, scandal-ridden past and future of Rep. Barney Frank.

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