Arianna Huffington weighs in on the resignation of New Jersey Governor James McGreevey. She wonders whether McGreevey put his lover on the payroll knowing it would be discovered so that he'd have an excuse to come out. Arianna's ex-husband came out during her marriage, so her thoughts are all the more interesting.

By the time the curtain comes up on this drama’s Act Five we could be in the middle of a serious political scandal that may force McGreevey to step down even before Nov. 15. Or we may be in the middle of his political resurrection, looking not at a tortured politician with a secret draining away precious energy but a free man fully -- and finally -- accepting himself. Either way, he had to practically drive the car right off the cliff in order to put himself on the road to Thursday’s declaration. And that's an indictment of our society and our political culture wars.

So until the final curtain falls, let’s seize the moment to reaffirm, loudly and without reservation, that to be gay is to be normal -- whether you’re a governor or a gardener, a public figure or a very private one.

Dave Cullen of Conclusive Evidence agrees with her: