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Brian Thomas 2/26/06 Wikipedia Paper

James McGreevey became the 52nd governor of New Jersey from January 15, 2002 till November 15, 2004 where he resigned this place as governor after he announced to the press that he was a gay American. The man that he allegedly had an affair with was Golan Cipel, an associate that worked with McGreevey. Growing up, McGreevey always wanted to be in politics and went through a lot of school to get where he wanted to go, but got into trouble when he made repeated sexual advances toward his former homeland security adviser. Cipel told the press that he was the victim of multiple sexual attempts by McGreevey. After all of this happened, Cipel wanted to transfer to a different position and later that year he did. On November 15th 2004, McGreevey resigned as governor of New Jersey. He was told to resign earlier, but he wanted to wait until November. The affects of his homosexuality permitted him to not govern anymore. All of this pressure came down on him and he just couldn’t take it anymore. McGreevey was a brave man to come forward and to announce to the press that he was a gay American. It takes a lot of courage to do such a thing. This impact affected his family and his coworkers. The crime he committed will haunt him forever. People now know what happened and they are not going to ever forget it. This thing got so far that Cipel was going to file a sexual harassment charge against McGreevey, but noting was ever charged. After hearing McGreevey’s speech on live TV and radio, the people of New Jersey were outraged and shocked. Some people spoke out saying that they didn’t care that he was gay and that he should still be governor. He did a lot of good things while he was governor, but now he has to face the consequences of his acts. It is truly a shame for the people of New Jersey. They lost a great governor and now they will have to start all over again with a new one. Now that McGreevey has retired and left office, Republican Gov. Christie Whitman will become the acting governor. People were sad that McGreevey came out and said that he was gay. A lot of people thought that he did a great job, and they were sad to see him go after a job well done in office. Now that this whole thing is over with, McGreevey has a sense of relief. He doesn’t have to put up with anymore questions. He is done and people should just move on and forget about it. There is no use in bringing it back up. He did the right thing by coming out, and that should be the end of it. Overall, McGreevey is a good man. He just got caught up in the wrong thing. He will never be forgotten for what he did, and for a job well done to the state of New Jersey.