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Two years after ex-New Jersey ernor Jim McGreevey stunned the untry by announcg he was gay, he talks to Jeanne Marie Laskas about livg the lie

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NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR RIGNS AFTER ADMTG GAY AFFAIR

Jim McGreevey rigned after g out as gay. He now ns the New Jersey Reentry Corporatn, a nonprof that giv people g out of prison a send chance. * gay jersey politician *

Dpe two marriag and two children, the 47-year-old Democrat said the end he realized he was homosexual. “My tth is that I am a gay Amerin, ” he said. But he said he had allowed himself to bee volved an adultero homosexual affair, an act that vlated his marriage vows and prompted his rignatn.

McGreevey said he felt the affair and his homosexualy would leave the ernor’s office vulnerable to “mors” and stead he felt he should openly adm both. Exclamatn PotMcGreevey asss how the world has changed sce 2004, when he rigned after g out as gay, a nversatn only on CBS News New York.

McGreevey: "I am a gay Amerin. Would you vote for a gay polician? Jam McGreevey announced his rignatn Thursday after revealg that he is gay and that he had an adultero affair wh a his wife standg by his si, McGreevey -- a father of two -- spoke lm ton as he scribed his stggle wh his sexualy, "a certa sense that separated me om others.

Droppg a polil bombshell, New Jersey Gov. Jam McGreevey announced his rignatn Thursday after revealg that he is gay and that he had an adultero affair wh a man. * gay jersey politician *

"And so, my tth is that I am a gay Amerin, " the Democrat said.

" Garn State Equaly, a gay rights group, lled McGreevey's g-out speech "poignant" and said s members' thoughts were wh the ernor and his fay.

"We all know how difficult is to e out as openly gay, whether to fay or other loved on, " Garn State Equaly chairman Steven Goldste said.

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