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McGreevey would wed partner if lawmakers allow gay marriage
NorthJersey.com ^ | 10.26.06

Posted on 10/26/2006 3:47:42 PM PDT by Coleus

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Former N.J. Governor James McGreevey and his life partner Mark O'Donnell appeared at a book signing at the Woodbridge Community Center.

TRENTON -- Former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, who resigned after admitting to a gay affair, says he would marry his partner if state lawmakers decide to allow gay marriage.  "Marriage would offer the ability to bless our relationship in a committed way," McGreevey, 49, told The New York Times for Thursday's newspapers.  McGreevey's comments came in response to a New Jersey Supreme Court that said same-sex couples must be extended the same rights as married people. The court left it up to the Legislature to decide whether those rights would be described as marriage or something else.

Some gay rights advocates criticized the decision for not going far enough. McGreevey hailed it.  "The decision is courageous," he told The Star-Ledger of Newark.  McGreevey told The Associated Press last month that he had publicly opposed gay marriage while in office a way to keep his homosexuality hidden. "I did not want to be identified as being gay, and it was the safe place to be," McGreevey told the AP. "I wanted to embrace the antagonist. I wanted to be against it. That's the absurdity."  The former governor stepped down in 2004 after announcing he was gay. Before McGreevey and his partner, an Australian businessman with whom he lives, could marry, the former governor would have to finalize his divorce from his second wife.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: breakaleg; degenerate; gloryholeguv; homosexualagenda; mcgreevey; punk
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1 posted on 10/26/2006 3:47:42 PM PDT by Coleus
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McGreevey would wed partner if lawmakers allow gay marriage...and then immediately go cruise the nearest truck stop.


2 posted on 10/26/2006 3:48:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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3 posted on 10/26/2006 3:49:28 PM PDT by traditional1
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Aw, how sweet, he found a nice Irish boy.


4 posted on 10/26/2006 3:49:51 PM PDT by RichInOC (McGreevey. Boastful. Passionate. Whispering. Masculine. Democrat for President 2008.)
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To: Coleus
How wonderful for his children.
5 posted on 10/26/2006 3:50:32 PM PDT by msnimje (You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
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"Marriage would offer the ability to bless our relationship in a committed way,"

I'm not sure "bless" is the right word. Perhaps "advertise" is more in line with the gay agenda.

6 posted on 10/26/2006 3:50:46 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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This McGreevey's a real marryin' fool. He married two women, now he wants to marry a guy - keep him away from the livestock!


7 posted on 10/26/2006 3:51:20 PM PDT by Argus ("Rove is some mysterious God of politics & mind control")
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And we all know how much McGreevey respects the sanctity of marriage.


8 posted on 10/26/2006 3:51:20 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Coleus

These two crooks should be sharing a jail cell.


9 posted on 10/26/2006 3:51:58 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (Anything a politician gives you he has first stolen from you)
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To: Coleus

Hey Jim: WTFC about your sick perverted life style.


10 posted on 10/26/2006 3:52:42 PM PDT by rocksblues (Do onto others as they do unto you!)
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Wonder which one of his hundreds of "hook-up" from which rest stop..........he would wed. McGreevey! You would have to pick one. And if it were so important to you, why not do what NJ law already allows, and have a domestic partnership. Hmmmmmm?

Answer, that, to you, does not further your agenda to force it on society. At least not enough to satisfy you or your co-perverts.
11 posted on 10/26/2006 3:53:15 PM PDT by gidget7 (Political Correctness is Marxism with a nose job)
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Aw, how sweet, he found a nice Irish boy.

LOL! It's funny--years ago (like 40 years) I worked as a waiter in the Catskills--the famous Borscht Belt. A Joke I heard many times from many comedians was similar:

One Jewish mother is talking to another. In response to "How's everything?" she replies:

"I have some tsuris and some naches." (That translates, roughly, into "troubles" and "blessings," respectively. The "ch" in "naches" is like the "ch" in "Bach.")

"So what's the tsuris?"

"My son is a homosexual."

"Oy, veh! Then what's the naches?"

"He's dating a DOCTOR!"

12 posted on 10/26/2006 4:00:30 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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[badumbum!]

:-D )))


13 posted on 10/26/2006 4:01:52 PM PDT by RichInOC (McGreevey. Boastful. Passionate. Whispering. Masculine. Democrat for President 2008.)
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He married two women, now he wants to marry a guy . . .

Ah, but the guy is his "life partner."

14 posted on 10/26/2006 4:03:39 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: dfwgator

Not fair I was thinking that too. Honeymoon at the parkway reststops.


15 posted on 10/26/2006 4:04:38 PM PDT by pandoraou812 ( barbaric with zero tolerance and dilligaf?)
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Former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, who resigned after admitting to a gay affair, says he would marry his partner if state lawmakers decide to allow gay marriage.

His partner?

Which one?

16 posted on 10/26/2006 4:06:09 PM PDT by Jim Noble (If we can't leave a democracy behind, we should at least leave the corpses of our enemies.)
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17 posted on 10/26/2006 4:06:47 PM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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Maybe they could have a nice big wedding with lots of media coverage Monday, November 6. It could provide a wonderful boost for the Kean campaign. Like the Wellstone funeral did in Minnesota. Maybe Menendez could be the best man.


18 posted on 10/26/2006 4:08:49 PM PDT by CommerceComet
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To: traditional1

Really. What a f****n' pervert.


19 posted on 10/26/2006 4:09:21 PM PDT by cloud8
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The Constitutional Amendment declaring marriage to be between a man and a woman is on the ballot in 8 states this election cycle. Tennessee and Virginia are two of those states.

That should help Corker and Allen in their Senate races.


20 posted on 10/26/2006 4:11:20 PM PDT by no dems (I'll take a moral Mormon over a demonic Democrat or repugnant RINO anyday.)
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