Ocean Grove United - Take Action

Working for Civil Rights for All Ocean Grove Residents

Sign the Motion - Help us overturn the ban on same-sex unions in the Ocean Grove boardwalk pavilion

Take Action

There are a number of ways you can take action to help ensure the rights of all members of the Ocean Grove community.

Sign the Motion Supporting the Use of Public Facilities for Civil Unions.

Ocean Grove United proposes that the Ocean Grove Home Owners Association pass a three-part motion:

Officially support the civil rights of all residents and visitors, including the use of public facilities for Civil Unions.

Publish an ad in The Coaster stating this support.

Send letters to the members of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association Board of Trustees stating this support.

Add your name to the list of supporters here.

Join the Ocean Grove Homeowners Association (OGHOA), so you can vote on important issues that impact our community.

The OGHOA needs to be reminded that the gay community and our straight allies make a significant contribution to the business and objectives of their organization.

We cannot stress enough how important it is to join TODAY, so that you are eligible to vote on future important issues. The yearly membership fee is only $8.00.

Details here.

Fly the Equality Flag at Your Home.

Let your neighbors know that you are committed to guaranteeing the civil rights of all members of the Ocean Grove community. See Equality Flags for details.

Make a Donation.

Your donations help support our mission and are a vital part of protecting the rights of all residents of Ocean Grove. Donate here.

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"Same-sex civil union ceremonies should be allowed in the Ocean Grove boardwalk pavilion. This is a civil rights issue and not about gays or lesbians. It's about the rights of individuals to be full members of all of their communities."

Randy Bishop
Mayor
Neptune Township

"The Camp Meeting Association receives federal services and funds. Therefore, they don't have any right to be exclusionary. I don't believe they have a leg to stand on legally with this case. They have to reverse this decision."

Frank Pallone, Jr.
U.S. Congressman
6th District of NJ

"The Camp Meeting Association's policy of discrimination against gays and lesbians wishing to hold their civil unions in the Ocean Grove boardwalk pavilion is shameful. It is a violation of civil rights and an affront to all members of the community and to justice and equality. This policy does not reflect the Ocean Grove community that we know and love."

Mary Beth Jahn
Committeewoman
Neptune Township

"Why are some kinds of prejudice acceptable? Would Ocean Grove forbid African-Americans or Asians or people with handicapping conditions from use of the pavilion? Of course not. To forbid gays and lesbians use of this space is not only illegal, it's ethically wrong."

Reverend Julie Parker
Ordained Minister
United Methodist Church

"Not only does this blatant and plainly unchristian policy of discrimination fly in the face of the biblical prophets' passion for social justice, but it is clearly contrary, it seems to me, to the open-hearted, inclusive spirit of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism."

Reverend David Parker
Retired Minister
United Methodist Church

"Discrimination and prejudice are never acceptable-but they are especially disturbing when they come covered by a veneer of religiosity. Since the Ocean Grove boardwalk pavilion serves all people and is in no sense 'a church,' same-sex civil unions should be permitted the same way that weddings have been allowed."

Reverend Robert Kriesat
Retired Lutheran Minister
Vice Chair of Garden State Equality