The Gay Divorcee

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- 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.

Boy, I never saw that coming...