Gay American? Is this a new ethnic option? WTF ?!?

TRENTON, New Jersey (CNN) -- New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey held a news conference Thursday to announce his resignation. This is a transcript of his remarks.

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.
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And so my truth is that I am a gay American. And I am blessed to live in the greatest nation with the tradition of civil liberties, the greatest tradition of civil liberties in the world, in a country which provides so much to its people.