N.J. Governor Resigns, Admits He Is Gay

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N.J. Governor Resigns, Admits He Is Gay

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By JOHN P. McALPIN, Associated Press Writer

TRENTON, N.J. - In a stunning declaration, Gov. James E. McGreevey announced his resignation Thursday and acknowledged that he had an extramarital affair with another man. "My truth is that I am a gay American," he said.


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"Shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affairs with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony," the married father of two said at a news conference. "It was wrong, it was foolish, it was inexcusable."


The Democrat said his resignation would be effective Nov. 15.


McGreevey, 47, said that "it makes little difference that as governor I am gay," but added that staying in office and keeping the affair and his sexual orientation secret will leave the governor's office "vulnerable to rumors, false allegations and threats of disclosure."


"Given the circumstances surrounding the affair and its likely impact upon my family and my ability to govern, I have decided the right course of action is to resign," he said.


McGreevey did not elaborate on what the circumstances were.


The former suburban mayor took office 2 1/2 years ago, and despite inheriting a $5 billion budget deficit, he steadfastly refused to boost income taxes for most New Jerseyans. He instead raised taxes on millionaires, casinos and cigarettes.


But he has been dogged by several scandals involving fund-raising.


Among those caught up in recent scandals were his first chief of staff and former counsel; a top Democratic fund-raiser and former high school classmate; and real estate developer Charles Kushner, McGreevey's biggest campaign contributor, who was charged with trying to thwart a federal campaign-finance investigation by luring a grand jury witness — his own brother-in-law — into a compromising position with a prostitute and sending video and photos to the man's wife.


McGreevey is the second governor to announce his resignation in recent weeks, following the resignation in June of Connecticut GOP Gov. John Rowland amid corruption investigations and threats of impeachment.


McGreevey rose from suburban mayor to state chief executive by his tenacious pursuit of party politics, maintaining a power base days after he narrowly lost to Republican Christie Whitman in 1997.


McGreevey never truly stopped that campaign until he won in November 2001, beating Republican Bret Schundler by 15 percentage points.


Born in Jersey City, McGreevey graduated from Columbia University in 1978. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University in 1981 and a master's degree in education from Harvard University a year later.


After briefly serving as a county prosecutor, McGreevey became a lobbyist for a pharmaceutical company, then a state government official. While in the Legislature, McGreevey voted for Gov. Jim Florio's $2.8 billion tax hike that prompted a voter rebellion against Democrats.

[Machiavelli]

Why would he resign?

[white Boy]

Why would he resign?

casue hes a skirt wearing fruity fudge packer

[KING VerbalAssaulta]

fag...good  thing he resigned...we dont need any queers in government....prosecute him to the full extent of the law  

[Montana00]

....why wouldnt he resign.

Nobody wants a gay govenor, or any politician for that matter.

[pappy]

it wont make it into the media,  but its painfully obvious that he was being black mailed.

[eS El Duque]

It'd suck ass to be his kids

[Jay ay Beee]

it wont make it into the media,  but its painfully obvious that he was being black mailed.

Course it will make it into the media, Bill O'Reilly is already talking about blackmail.

[Lincoln]

What a fag.

[Trauma-san]

What I find hilarious about this, is that in America at least (and the majority of the world) it's still A.O.K. to make fun and ridicule people because they're queer... you know, just like it used to be alright to make fun of people because they were black or asian, or whatever.  Or how it used to be alright to not let women vote, lol.  Crazy shit.  When we're all 80, we'll look back on this and have explaining to do.

[pappy]

What I find hilarious about this, is that in America at least (and the majority of the world) it's still A.O.K. to make fun and ridicule people because they're queer... you know, just like it used to be alright to make fun of people because they were black or asian, or whatever.  Or how it used to be alright to not let women vote, lol.  Crazy shit.  When we're all 80, we'll look back on this and have explaining to do.

LMFAO thats so tru lol.

[King Tech Quadafi]

Being black is not the same thing as being gay

[Sikotic™]

I dont get why gay people gotta come out of the closet in the first place. Who gives a fuck. People wouldnt hate gays if they kept it to themselves. I dont go around claiming hetero because no one cares.

[Sikotic™]

Being black is not the same thing as being gay

For real. One thing that makes me mad is when gays relate their cause to the Civil Rights movement. They can't even be considered the same.

[Trauma-san]

Well, they're also not really denied any rights or anything, I'm just talking about social stigmas. 


I.E., 50 years ago, black people were referred to as 'niggers' by TONS of white people, and people considered it normal.

Now, 'homosexuals' are called all kinds of derogatory things, and people consider it normal.  That'll change eventually, and our grandkids won't believe we used to call them fags, queers, etc.