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No Alimony for Wife of Gay Ex-Governor Jim McGreevey
By Ann Turner
A New Jersey divorce court judge ruled on Friday that gay ex-Governor Jim McGreevey will not have to pay alimony to his ex-wife Dina Matos. McGreevey will have to pay his ex-wife a lump settlement and pay child support for daughter Jacqueline. Matos and McGreevey have been separated since the former governor of New Jersey issued a public statement in 2004 that he was a ‘gay American’ and had engaged in an extramarital affair with a male member of his staff.
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Hypocrite of the Week: John Tomicki
Op-Ed
By Ross von Metzke
In the never ending battle over gay marriage, New Jersey’s chief opponent of same-sex marriage may fight like hell to make sure gay couples never earn the right to say ‘I do’, but he also acknowledges that gay marriage has no effect on his own union with his wife. When asked by Garden State Equality chair Steven Goldstein if his 50 year marriage had been affected by gay marriage, John Tomicki responded, 'Why would it'?
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New Jersey Law to Require HIV Testing for Pregnant Women
By Ann Turner
New legislation requiring HIV testing for pregnant women was signed into law on Wednesday by New Jersey acting governor Richard J. Codey. The law will require health-care providers to test all pregnant women for HIV unless the women opt-out of testing.
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New Jersey Residents Still Split Over Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
By Chrys Hudson
As New Jersey marks the one-year anniversary of a state Supreme Court decision ordering lawmakers to extend the legal rights of marriage to gay and lesbian couples, the public remains evenly divided over whether those couples should be granted full marriage equality.
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New Jersey Officials Urged to Pass Marriage Equality Bill
By Chrys Hudson
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Lambda Legal’s lawsuit seeking marriage equality for the state’s same-sex couples. To recognize that anniversary, Lambda Legal Executive Director Kevin Cathcart, a New Jersey native, recently sent a letter to New Jersey Governor John Corzine, Senate President Richard Codey and Speaker Joseph Roberts urging them to pass a marriage equality bill.
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Gay Ex-New Jersey Governor McGreevey Files for Divorce
By Troy Espera
Gay ex-New Jersey Governor James McGreevey, who came out in 2004 amid a sex scandal, filed for divorce Friday from his wife of seven years. McGreevey's lawyers filed the two-page document seeking to dissolve his union with Dina Matos McGreevey, said Elizabeth county court spokeswoman Sandra Thaler-Gerber.
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Gay Ex-Gov's Estranged Wife to Pen Memoir
By Troy Espera
The ex-wife of gay former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey announced Thursday that she is writing a memoir. Dina Matos McGreevey's Silent Partner, in which she will speak openly and honestly of her life with her ex-husband who in 2004 stunned the country by resigning from office amid a gay sex scandal. The memoir is set to be published this spring by Hyperion Books.
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New Jersey Clergy Not Obligated to Sanctify Same-Sex Unions, Attorney General Says
By Anthony Cuesta
Clergy in New Jersey who oppose same-sex civil unions cannot be forced to sanctify them, the state attorney general said Thursday in a decision. Attorney General Stuart Rabner's legal opinion, sent to the state registrar of vital statistics, came less than a month after the state became the third to approve civil unions for gay couples.
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Gay Ex-Gov. McGreevey's Portrait Hanging Draws Little Fanfare
By Anthony Cuesta
The former New Jersey governor who stunned the nation two years ago by declaring he was gay and resigned his post amid a sex scandal, returned to the Statehouse for the unveiling of his official portrait Tuesday in an event devoid of the usual fanfare. It was former Gov. James McGreevey's first visit to the Capitol since he stepped down.
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