Rep. Sean Maloney Is Engaged To His Longtime Partner, Randy Florke

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/rep-sean-maloney-is-engaged-to-his-longtime-partner-randy-fl


Randy Florke, left, and Rep. Sean Maloney, with their children, Essie, Jesus and Daley. Courtesy of Rep. Maloney's office

WASHINGTON — They met before marriage equality was even a topic of discussion, but as of Christmas Day, Rep. Sean Maloney is engaged to his longtime partner, Randy Florke.

Talking to BuzzFeed Monday, the couple said the engagement has been a long time coming, but was pushed ahead by the desire of their children — Jesus, Daley and Essie — to see their parents marry.

“When you’re our age, and you’ve been together as long as we have, you know what your relationship is and you don’t consider it something less than someone else’s,” Maloney said of their 21-year relationship. “In the eyes of young children, it matters that you’re married. It means something to them and so we saw that through their eyes. … [M]y youngest had asked for this in a note to Santa Claus, which was a complete coincidence, and so it was a pretty emotional experience all around.”

Of their engagement, the New York congressman said of their three children, “They were emotional about it; it touched us, really, more than I can tell you.”

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1. What a lovely family. I wish them well.