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.
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- NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR RIGNS AFTER ADMTG GAY AFFAIR
- WHERE 'GAY AMERIN' JIM MCGREEVEY IS, 10 YEARS LATER
- NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR RIGNS, SAYG 'I AM A GAY AMERIN'GOVERNOR C 'NSENSUAL AFFAIR WH ANOTHER MAN.'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY ARCHIVE-ALYSSA-RASHBMAUGT 12, 2004/5:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-ALYSSA-RASHBMAUGT 12, 2004 / 5:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR RIGNS, SAYG 'I AM A GAY AMERIN'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2004-08-12T21:23:10.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2004-08-12T21:23:10.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-ALYSSA-RASHBM","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR JAM MCGREEVEY RIGNED OM OFFICE THURSDAY, STATG, "I AM A GAY AMERIN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCGREEVEY SPOKE AT A PRS NFERENCE TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWG ALLEGATNS OF RPTN MA BY SEVERAL OF HIS POLIL AIS. THE ERNOR, WHO HAD SERVED TWO YEARS OF HIS TERM, CED A "NSENSUAL AFFAIR WH ANOTHER MAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOLAN CIPEL, A FORMER SECURY AI TO MCGREEVEY WHO RIGNED 2002, PREPARED A SEXUAL-HARASSMENT LAWSU AGAST THE ERNOR, ACRDG TO CNN. IT IS NOT YET KNOWN IF HE WILL PROCEED WH THE LAWSU FOLLOWG THE ERNOR'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH MCGREEVEY SAID HE WOULD RIGN ON NOVEMBER 15, THE NEW JERSEY REPUBLIN PARTY LLED FOR THE ERNOR TO LEAVE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY ON FRIDAY (AUGT 13). IF HIS RIGNATN TAK PLACE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 15, STATE LAW REQUIR A SPECIAL GUBERNATORIAL ELECTN ON NOVEMBER 2, WHILE IF HE REMAS OFFICE UNTIL NOVEMBER 15, HIS SUCCSOR WOULD BE RICHARD COY, A FELLOW DEMOCRAT AND THE CURRENT PRINT OF THE STATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SENATOR JOSEPH KYRILLOS, CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW JERSEY GOP, LLED FOR MCGREEVEY'S RIGNATN ON FRIDAY: "DO THE RIGHT THG," HE SAID. "RIGN NOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG HIS PRS NFERENCE ON THURSDAY, MCGREEVEY ANNOUNCED HIS HOMOSEXUALY AS HIS WIFE STOOD BY HIS SI. "FROM MY EARLY DAYS SCHOOL UNTIL THE PRENT DAY," HE SAID, "I NOTICED SOMETHG THAT SEPARATED ME OM OTHERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS WIFE STANDG BY HIS SI, MCGREEVEY ANNOUNCED HIS HOMOSEXUALY. "FROM MY EARLY DAYS SCHOOL UNTIL THE PRENT DAY," HE SAID, "I NOTICED SOMETHG THAT SEPARATED ME OM OTHERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAVE GRAPPLED WH MY OWN INTY," MCGREEVEY NTUED, SCRIBG HOW HE STGGLED TO ALIGN HIMSELF WH WHAT HE FELT WERE VALU THAT WOULD MAKE HIM PART OF A "TRADNAL MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MY TTH IS," HE SAID, "THAT I AM A GAY AMERIN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ERNOR THEN ACKNOWLEDGED HIS EXTRAMARAL AFFAIR: "IT WAS WRONG, WAS FOOLISH, WAS UNACCEPTABLE," HE SAID. "LET ME BE CLEAR," THE ERNOR NTUED, "I ACCEPT TOTAL AND FULL RPONSIBILY FOR MY ACTNS. HOWEVER, I AM REQUIRED TO DO NOW, TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, TO RRECT THE NSEQUENC OF MY ACTNS AND TO BE TTHFUL TO MY LOVED ON, MY IENDS AND MY FAY, AND ALSO, TO MYSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLLOWG THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF HIS HOMOSEXUALY AND EXTRAMARAL AFFAIR, THE ERNOR EXPLAED THAT HE FELT THE APPROPRIATE URSE OF ACTN WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM VERY PROUD OF THE THGS WE HAVE ACPLISHED DURG THIS ADMISTRATN," MCGREEVEY NCLUD, "AND I WANT TO THANK HUMBLY THE CIZENS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR THE PRIVILEGE ... TO ERN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAD HE NOT RIGNED, MCGREEVEY'S TERM WOULD HAVE N UNTIL JANUARY 17, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS STORY WAS UPDATED AUGT 13 AT 1:02 P.M. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- WHERE 'GAY AMERIN' MCGREEVEY IS, 10 YEARS LATER
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 governor *
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. TRENTON – Ten years after he announced that he was a "gay Amerin" and would rign om office after a sndal-plagued stt as New Jersey ernor, Jim McGreevey is back ernment, this time mostly as an evangelist for prison reform.
WHERE 'GAY AMERIN' JIM MCGREEVEY IS, 10 YEARS LATER
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 * gay jersey governor *
12, 2004, is " the rearview mirror, " he said, and he do not see himself as a gay rights trailblazer, though he remas the only person to have served as a ernor while openly gay. "When McGreevey officially left office three months after beg the natn's first — and so far only — openly gay ernor, Massachetts had jt bee the first state to regnize same-sex marriage. Now, 19 stat, cludg New Jersey, McGreevey announced he was gay, there were jt a handful of openly lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr elected officials the unty.
Now there are about 500 by the unt of the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund.
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR RIGNS, SAYG 'I AM A GAY AMERIN'GOVERNOR C 'NSENSUAL AFFAIR WH ANOTHER MAN.'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY ARCHIVE-ALYSSA-RASHBMAUGT 12, 2004/5:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-ALYSSA-RASHBMAUGT 12, 2004 / 5:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR RIGNS, SAYG 'I AM A GAY AMERIN'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2004-08-12T21:23:10.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2004-08-12T21:23:10.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-ALYSSA-RASHBM","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR JAM MCGREEVEY RIGNED OM OFFICE THURSDAY, STATG, "I AM A GAY AMERIN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCGREEVEY SPOKE AT A PRS NFERENCE TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWG ALLEGATNS OF RPTN MA BY SEVERAL OF HIS POLIL AIS. THE ERNOR, WHO HAD SERVED TWO YEARS OF HIS TERM, CED A "NSENSUAL AFFAIR WH ANOTHER MAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOLAN CIPEL, A FORMER SECURY AI TO MCGREEVEY WHO RIGNED 2002, PREPARED A SEXUAL-HARASSMENT LAWSU AGAST THE ERNOR, ACRDG TO CNN. IT IS NOT YET KNOWN IF HE WILL PROCEED WH THE LAWSU FOLLOWG THE ERNOR'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH MCGREEVEY SAID HE WOULD RIGN ON NOVEMBER 15, THE NEW JERSEY REPUBLIN PARTY LLED FOR THE ERNOR TO LEAVE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY ON FRIDAY (AUGT 13). IF HIS RIGNATN TAK PLACE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 15, STATE LAW REQUIR A SPECIAL GUBERNATORIAL ELECTN ON NOVEMBER 2, WHILE IF HE REMAS OFFICE UNTIL NOVEMBER 15, HIS SUCCSOR WOULD BE RICHARD COY, A FELLOW DEMOCRAT AND THE CURRENT PRINT OF THE STATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SENATOR JOSEPH KYRILLOS, CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW JERSEY GOP, LLED FOR MCGREEVEY'S RIGNATN ON FRIDAY: "DO THE RIGHT THG," HE SAID. "RIGN NOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG HIS PRS NFERENCE ON THURSDAY, MCGREEVEY ANNOUNCED HIS HOMOSEXUALY AS HIS WIFE STOOD BY HIS SI. "FROM MY EARLY DAYS SCHOOL UNTIL THE PRENT DAY," HE SAID, "I NOTICED SOMETHG THAT SEPARATED ME OM OTHERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS WIFE STANDG BY HIS SI, MCGREEVEY ANNOUNCED HIS HOMOSEXUALY. "FROM MY EARLY DAYS SCHOOL UNTIL THE PRENT DAY," HE SAID, "I NOTICED SOMETHG THAT SEPARATED ME OM OTHERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAVE GRAPPLED WH MY OWN INTY," MCGREEVEY NTUED, SCRIBG HOW HE STGGLED TO ALIGN HIMSELF WH WHAT HE FELT WERE VALU THAT WOULD MAKE HIM PART OF A "TRADNAL MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MY TTH IS," HE SAID, "THAT I AM A GAY AMERIN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ERNOR THEN ACKNOWLEDGED HIS EXTRAMARAL AFFAIR: "IT WAS WRONG, WAS FOOLISH, WAS UNACCEPTABLE," HE SAID. "LET ME BE CLEAR," THE ERNOR NTUED, "I ACCEPT TOTAL AND FULL RPONSIBILY FOR MY ACTNS. HOWEVER, I AM REQUIRED TO DO NOW, TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, TO RRECT THE NSEQUENC OF MY ACTNS AND TO BE TTHFUL TO MY LOVED ON, MY IENDS AND MY FAY, AND ALSO, TO MYSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLLOWG THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF HIS HOMOSEXUALY AND EXTRAMARAL AFFAIR, THE ERNOR EXPLAED THAT HE FELT THE APPROPRIATE URSE OF ACTN WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM VERY PROUD OF THE THGS WE HAVE ACPLISHED DURG THIS ADMISTRATN," MCGREEVEY NCLUD, "AND I WANT TO THANK HUMBLY THE CIZENS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR THE PRIVILEGE ... TO ERN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAD HE NOT RIGNED, MCGREEVEY'S TERM WOULD HAVE N UNTIL JANUARY 17, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS STORY WAS UPDATED AUGT 13 AT 1:02 P.M. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
New Jersey Governor Jam McGreevey rigned om office Thursday, statg "I am a gay Amerin." The ernor ced the ramifitns of a "nsensual affair wh another man" as his reason for steppg down. * gay jersey governor *
In Mae, openly gay U. Mike Michd is the nomated Democrat for McGreevey's rignatn speech is remembered mostly for his g out — livered wh his wife at his si and cludg the le, "My tth is that I am a gay Amerin, " wh unrton of fiance and patrtism — the suatn was more plited than was upset over McGreevey's attempt to appot Golan Cipel — wh whom McGreevey would later say he had an affair — to be his top homeland secury adviser spe havg few qualifitns and beg unable to get feral secury clearanc.
I was bullied miserably at Wayne Valley High School for beg gay, and I know that had this law been place, my experience and that of so many other LGBTQ New Jerseyans would not have been so trmatizg. The boy before he cid, at age 11, to publicly ny his homosexual self. And short orr, everythg spiraled down and down to hell self, endg wh Jim McGreevey, at age 47, on natnal TV talkg about lookg "eply to the mirror of one's soul" and clarg his "tth":"I am a gay Amerin.
"You should eat, " I thg Jim McGreevey wants the world to know:Leadg a double life as a gay man tryg to appear straight was easy for him to pull off. "He trac the divid self back to eighth gra, when, as an unwavergly good Catholic altar boy, a Boy Sut, the son of a nurse and a Mare drill stctor, he need to unrstand his thrillg journey to "the last gate on the fartht pasture of gay sexual exploratn" wh a skny seventh grar he knew om school.
WHERE 'GAY AMERIN' MCGREEVEY IS, 10 YEARS LATER
He didn't know anyone who was gay; back then there was no one even on TV except maybe Liberace and probably Uncle Arthur on Bewched. So he went to the Woodbridge Public Library, only to nd that "homosexualy" wasn't even the rd talog.
To this day, he sists that she never knew he was gay. But by then he was already livg a double life—secretly gay, publicly a straight God-fearg guy who sure as heck need a betiful wife and dghter to plete the look. ) No one ever que bought the sexual- harassment story—or Cipel's simultaneo nial of his own homosexualy, which ed seems cur, if even a portn of McGreevey's acunt is te.
McGreevey's versn of the story was always the more believable one, if only bee was plenty damng all on s own: The ernor had a secret gay lover. "A ms, " he McGreevey's wele to the gay muny has been lewarm, 's bee his g out was not voluntary, was not about personal tegry or some urageo sudn realizatn, but rather about beg forced out, trapped, a rnered moe. He would have gone to his athbed as a closeted gay man.