Jim McGreevey: “I think the gay community is justifiably frustrated with a legacy of homophobia and the criminal justice system…”

To be clear, I am not apologizing for being a gay American.

My truth is that I am a gay American.

I think the point that I was making was that a jail sentence per se, a long jail sentence, wouldn't serve the purposes of retribution. Wouldn't educate society as to homophobia.

I have to begin today with humility by simply saying, I am sorry. So, so sorry that mistakes in my judgment made this day necessary for us all.