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 AFTER ADMTG GAY AFFAIR
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.
Former New Jersey ernor Jim McGreevey rigned om office on Augt 12, 2004, at a prs nference which he stated he had an extramaral affair wh a male associate and announced, “I am a gay Amerin. He was Jim McGreevey’s secret gay lover, a part of his life that few knew about. In the aftermath of his fall, many people said that they spected McGreevey was a closeted gay man and was havg an affair.
WHERE 'GAY AMERIN' JIM MCGREEVEY IS, 10 YEARS LATER
When I got there, McGreevey me outsi, sat me down, and said, “Ray, I thk I’m gay. ” I rpond, “You thk you’re gay?
News outlets had gotten wd of McGreevey’s impendg announcement of his rignatn, although not known was that he would e the ocsn to tell the world he was a gay Amerin. McGreevey gave his “I am a gay Amerin” speech the Assembly chamber wh Da by his si lookg like a er the headlights. McGreevey beme the untry’s first openly gay ernor, although the circumstanc were not end a drama like no other New Jersey history.
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. 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.