Ocean Grove United

Working for Civil Rights for All Ocean Grove Residents

Events

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March 26 @ 7 PM - 3 course dinner ($32) at Bia including
a fashion show from The Emporium

OGU is partnering with Garden State Equality in response to the devastating fire in Ocean Grove 3/13/10. We welcome your ideas and recommendations on how to help even as we are reaching out to local officials for their direction. Of course money is always needed, but the question is, "Where will it do the most good?” When we find out the best way to help, we will pass that along to you.
We have turned our Fashion Show and Dinner event at Bia’s on Friday, March 26th, into a fund raiser for those who have suffered losses in the fire. We expect to begin helping immediately, but most likely the need will be there for some time to come.
Thank you for your willingness to help your neighbors and friends in Ocean Grove.
If you would like to attend:

BIA RESTAURANT in the Majestic Hotel
19 Main Ave, Ocean Grove
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 7:00 PM

$32 payable at the door includes:
. A delectable three course dinner including tax and gratuity
• A fashion show and selected items for sale by the Emporium.
• BYOB
RSVP right away but no later than March 22 via e-mail
click here to RSVP!

April 25 @ 1 PM - Tea and sandwiches at Lillegard Hotel -
A display of items from Seasons for sale at reduced prices will be featured.

May 16 @ 9:00-11:00 AM - Breakfast at Raspberry Cafe

All the above will be at specially reduced prices...
We are collecting non-perishable food items for the
Monmouth-Ocean County Foodbank at all events.

Please help support our local businesses during the winter season!

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"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
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

"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
Committeeman & Former Mayor
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