Ocean Grove United - Donate to... or Shop w/OGU!

Working for Civil Rights for All Ocean Grove Residents

Donate to... or Shop w/OGU!

Donations may be sent to:
Ocean Grove United
PO Box 501
Ocean Grove, NJ
07756

NEW! Prints of "Rainbow & the Cross" with "After" poem now available at Main Avenue Galleria!

Have your own copy of Lynn Heywood-Scott's beautiful print & Ruth Kruge's touching poem, ready for framing...Her work is now at the Main Ave Galleria 57 Main Ave, OG.

Equality Flag

The Equality Flag sends a powerful message — flying it lets your neighbors know that you are committed to guaranteeing the civil rights of all members of the Ocean Grove community.

Equality Flags can be purchased at a discounted rate of $25.
Contact Ocean Grove United at: OGU.Info@gmail.com

Equality Flags can also be purchased directly from the HRC Web SiteHRC Website for the full price of $38, plus shipping. OGU’s discounted rate has been made possible by HRC.

"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 (which Ocean Grove is a part of)

"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
Town Council
Neptune Township (which Ocean Grove is a part of)

"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