>>For those interested. Jim McGreevy of NJ resigned effective
>>November 15 because he is gay. My wife works in Woodbridge, NJ
>>school district and she had told me this was an open secret when he
>>was mayor. I can't believe he is resigning for that. They are
>>saying how brave he is, but the brave and right thing to do would
>>have been to stay. All in all a terrible week for those of us who
>>are agaisnt anti-gay bigotry.
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>It doesn't seem right he'd resign just for being gay. Isn't there
>buzz about harassment or scandal or some such?
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The scandal is that he is married with two children, and admitted to
having a homosexual affair.
source:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=5962287
I doubt the people of New Jersey would be that traumatized, but scandals cost a lot of money, and it hurts the Democratic Party's image... at least they probably knew it would, once the totalitarian right journalist got a hold of it.