Posted on 02/02/2007 10:31:03 AM PST by Sub-Driver
McGreevey Files For Divorce
POSTED: 1:09 pm EST February 2, 2007 UPDATED: 1:14 pm EST February 2, 2007 TRENTON, N.J. -- The nation's first openly gay governor filed for divorce Friday from his wife of seven years.
Lawyers for James E. McGreevey filed a two-page document in Union County Superior Court in Elizabeth seeking to dissolve his union with Dina Matos McGreevey. A spokeswoman for Union County Superior Court, Sandra Thaler-Gerber, confirmed receiving the filing Friday.
The two have lived apart since November 2004, when McGreevey resigned following a stunning public announcement that he was "a gay American" who had had an affair with a male staffer.
"It's a sad day for everyone," McGreevey told The Associated Press Friday. "It is something that had to be done. We are blessed with a wonderful daughter who remains our focus."
McGreevey has been married twice. He has a 14-year-old daughter, Morag, from his first marriage, which also ended in divorce.
The staffer with whom McGreevey acknowledged having an affair, homeland security adviser Golan Cipel, has denied being gay and said McGreevey sexually harassed him. McGreevey said Cipel tried to blackmail him and that he resigned rather than succumb to the man's threats.
Matos McGreevey, who stood at her husband's side as he told the world he was gay, now lives in Springfield with the couple's 5-year-old daughter, Jacqueline.
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"Morag" Wasn't that like a haunted mine or land in the Lord of the Rings?
Morag? Tell me I am dreaming.
He wasn't an Openly Gay Governor. He was a self absorbed narcissist who put his wife's life in danger by bringing home whatever bug he caught at a rest stop. And only played the Gay Card because he was in a photo finish with a Grand Jury.
Finally shaved off the beard, huh?
The woman should sue him for everything he's got and ever hope to have after the public humiliation he put her through.
What the heck took so long?
Good. She was just a beast to him you know.
No, those were the mines of Moria. "Morag" is a Scottish name, and I believe it's pronounced "Mora", with a rolled "r". I think that was William Wallace's wife's name in "Braveheart".
Morag and Jacqueline - those are going to be some screwed up kids!
Just another day for this average, normal, gay American.
What took so long?
I agree but if NJ is a "no fault" state that probably won't be possible.I,myself,believe that "no fault" laws stink.If the husband is beating the wife,molesting the kids or visiting bath houses,etc he should pay through the nose for his stinking behavior.
Ditto for the the wife if she decides she's "just not happy" or has a boyfriend,etc.
It must have been YUCKY lying next to a women every night...
I think you mean Moria....the domain of Dwarves.
Among other things, Morag is the name of the number one badass in the computer game Neverwinter Nights.
At first I mistook this for Gavin Newsome and I was thinking, that was fast!
"POSTED: 1:09 pm EST February 2, 2007 UPDATED: 1:14 pm EST February 2, 2007 TRENTON, N.J. -- The nation's first openly gay governor filed for divorce Friday from his wife of seven years. "
Remind again why I should care?
Good question. What woman WOULDN'T want to be divorced from a man who so publically humiliated her and their children? What am I saying? It happens every day with wife beaters, etc. The wives stick around hoping "he'll change" and "but I LOOOOOOOOOOVE him."
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