August 12, 2004
NJ Gov Resigns, Comes Out of the Closet
By Andrew Dobbs
I know I should probably wait for one of our two openly gay authors to write about this one but I'll just crib the AP report.
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.
"Shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affairs with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony," the married father of two said. "It was wrong, it was foolish, it was inexecusable."
The Democrat said his resignation would be effective Nov. 15.
McGreevey said he would step down because his secret — both his sexuality and his affair — leaves the governor's office vulnerable.
He's a dirtbag for misappropriating funds and cheating on his wife, but until November 15 America has its first openly gay governor.
Posted by Andrew Dobbs at August 12, 2004 03:53 PM
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Maybe Perry will follow in McGreevy's footsteps.
Could not pass this by.
Did it have to happen like this? Is this how we get our first gay governor? How sad. I'm straight and I feel bad for the gay community. The conservatives will go crazy on this guy: "See, all gays are home-wreckers, etc." My question is this: will he leave his wife and live as a homosexual, or is he admitting to a one time gay affair but will remain nominally heterosexual? Hmm....
wrong party, wrong state and a few months early, but you guys hit the ball out of the park on this one. way to go on breaking the story.
Breaking the Story? The AP broke the story.
Or are you talking about Perry?
so you are saying perry is the next to go?
Sad day...It's the nightmare scenario I thought about when I still wasn't convinced I was gay.
Also, I envisioned better circumstances for our first (openly) gay governor.
But we can only hope it's a positive long-term....guess what, there are a lot of gay folks out there...maybe this empowers more of us to come out.
Rick Perry - you're on the clock.
You idiots think because this because some bloggers claim Perry's gay, then it must be so. Talk about desparate.
