Quoted in Denizet-Lewis, Benoit (3 December 2008), "Harrumph!", work: The Advocate, publisher: Advocate.com, retrieved: 2008-12-12
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I've seen anti-Semitism essentially disappear in my adult life as a social and economic factor. There may be some nuts out there, but generally things are fine. I think the same thing will happen with gayness. We'll get to a point soon enough where it's not even an issue anymore. But progress can be slow. I filed my first gay rights bills in 1972 in Massachusetts. Forty years later, it would be nice to have this wrapped up and put to bed.

— Barney Frank

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I've seen anti-Semitism essentially disappear in my adult life as a social and economic factor. There may be some nuts out there, but generally things are fine. I think the same thing will happen with gayness. We'll get to a point soon enough where it's not even an issue anymore. But progress can be slow. I filed my first gay rights bills in 1972 in Massachusetts. Forty years later, it would be nice to have this wrapped up and put to bed." in the context of "Quoted in Denizet-Lewis, Benoit (3 December 2008), "Harrumph!", work: The Advocate, publisher: Advocate.com, retrieved: 2008-12-12" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Barney Frank

About Barney Frank

Barnett "Barney" Frank (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (2007–2011) and was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act, a sweeping reform of the U.S. financial industry. Frank, a resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States.