Jim McGreevey and his estranged wife, Dina, who are in the process of divorcing, were fond of ménage a trois according to a former aide. (Photo by Daniel Hulshizer/AP)
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Friday, March 21, 2008
NEWARK, N.J. — A former aide to Jim McGreevey said this week that he had three-way sexual trysts with the former governor and his wife before he took office, challenging Dina Matos McGreevey’s assertion that she was unaware of her husband’s sexual exploits, the Newark Star-Ledger reported Sunday. The aide, Theodore Pedersen, said he and the couple even had a nickname for the weekly romps, from 1999 to 2001, that began with dinner and ended with a threesome at McGreevey’s condo in Woodbridge, N.J. They called them “Friday Night Specials,” the paper reported. Pedersen said he wanted to refute the innocent image that Matos McGreevey has projected — both during the couple’s ongoing divorce battle and in interviews she gave after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned last week in a sex scandal. He told the Star-Ledger he was also incensed by her portrayal of herself as an unsuspecting wife in her book “Silent Partner: A Memoir of My Marriage.” “I wanted to get this out now because it was so offensive to me that she goes on television playing the victim,” Pedersen said to the paper. “She’s trying to make this a payday for herself. She should have told the truth about the three of us.” Pedersen said he never knew for sure if McGreevey was gay. “I had heard the rumors in circles outside of work,” he said. “In hindsight, there might have been light interest [in me], but it didn’t seem like he was gay. It did enhance their sexual relationship having me be a part of it.” Matos McGreevey denied to the Associated Press, the allegation. But Jim McGreevey released a statement confirming Pedersen’s claims. “This happened, this happened in the past, and now, we need to move on with our lives,” McGreevey said. Pedersen, 29, served as a driver and traveling aide for McGreevey during his gubernatorial campaign and after he won office in 2001.
NEW YORK (AP) — A task force drafting a statement on sexual orientation for the nation’s largest Lutheran group said last week that the church should continue defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. However, the panel did not condemn same-gender relationships. The committee expressed regret that historic Lutheran teachings have been used to hurt gays and lesbians, and acknowledged that some congregations already accept same-sex couples. The report released by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is part of the denomination’s years-long effort to bridge internal differences over the Bible and homosexuality. The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, a separate, smaller group, is theologically conservative, and teaches that same-gender relationships violate scripture. Called a “Draft Social Statement on Human Sexuality,” the report is a wide-ranging study of Christian views on sexual morality, premarital sex, domestic abuse and families. But the most anticipated part of the document was whether the task force would recommend equal standing for gay and heterosexual couples in the 4.8 million-member church. Next year, the panel will decide whether to suggest changes in current clergy standards that bar gays and lesbians from being ordained if they are sexually active. After revisions, both proposals will be presented for a vote to the 2009 Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis. The document released March 13 repeatedly states that sexual intimacy should be reserved for married couples, and condemns sex for personal gratification alone.
McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Two Repub-lican lawmakers in Oregon are planning a statewide ballot initiative to repeal the landmark gay rights law passed by the 2007 Legislature to prohibit discrimination in housing and employment based on sexual orientation. State Sen. Gary George and state Rep. Kim Thatcher, both of Newberg, have submitted a ballot title to state elections officials that would remove the gay rights law. Basic Rights Oregon officials say the proposed initiative was expected.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A lesbian married in Massachusetts has filed for an annulment from her partner in Missouri. Charisse Sparks and Janet Peters Mauceri Sparks were married in Boston three years ago and moved to Missouri shortly thereafter. Late last year Charisse Sparks went to Buchanan County court to dissolve the marriage. The filing creates a legal challenge in a state that voted overwhelmingly four years ago to limit marriage to unions between one man and one woman. Judge Daniel Kellogg said the case is being treated as an annulment.
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