Jim McGreevey, perhaps emboldened by the overwhelming victory for gay rights (oh, the sarcasm...) handed down this afternoon by the California Supreme Court, resigns as governor of NJ, citing an affair with male aide Golan Cipel.

Seriously.

As a sidenote, here's an amusing hindsight-double-entendre from an Oct. 2002 article about then-liaison-to-the-Jewish-community Cipel:

"'From our point of view, does Golan have good access to the Governor? Yes,' said David Mallach, acting director of the New Jersey Association of Jewish Federations."