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WATCH: An Emotional Day for a Freshman Congressman

WATCH: An Emotional Day for a Freshman Congressman

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Sean Patrick Maloney got choked up as he talked about the significance of yesterday's Supreme Court rulings.

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As LGBT members of Congress held a press conference yesterday on the Supreme Court's pro-marriage equality rulings, it was a particularly emotional moment for freshman House member Sean Patrick Maloney of New York.

He noted that when he called Randy, his partner of 21 years, to discuss the decisions, "I really couldn't get the words out. And I realized in that moment that it was the first time in 21 years, 20 of those spent raising our three amazing children, that I wasn't talking to him as someone who was seen as 'less than' in the eyes of our own country's laws." With the rulings, "we've made more whole the promise of America," he said.

Watch below.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
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