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MSNBC's Thomas Roberts said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and RNC communications director Sean Spicer had congratualated him on his marriage to another man. MSNBC's Thomas Roberts: RNC chair, spox congratulated me on gay marriage

MSNBC host Thomas Roberts said today that both the chairman and spokesperson for the Republican National Committee congratulated him on his marriage to another man, despite promoting a party platform that is opposed to same-sex marriage.

Discussing the Republican leadership on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Roberts, who is gay, said that RNC chair Reince Priebus had congratulated him on his engagement and that RNC communications director Sean Spicer later congratulated him on his marriage.

"Reince Priebus, when I got engaged, congratulated me at the White House Correspondents' weekend. Last year, Sean Spicer congratulated me on getting married to my husband. Yet they incorporate into the platform of the RNC their stance against marriage equality," Roberts said.

Roberts called the disparity between the personal remarks and the party platform "odd."

"It's odd, because why congratulate me? I didn't bring it up, I didn't say give me a congratulations, but they offered it," Roberts said. "So it's odd, because then they'll go out and drumbeat that they're against marriage equality. It's weird."

UPDATE (9:45 a.m.): Spicer emails:

Believing marriage is between one man and one woman and being polite, courteous and respectful are not mutually exclusive.