Ocean Grove United - Shop With Ocean Grove United!

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

Shop With Ocean Grove United!

Our friends Rich and Charlie at The Loft are graciously selling items for Ocean Grove United. In addition to being all-around great guys, their store The Loft is packed with lots of wonderful merchandise. Stop in to see their great selection of Yankee Candles, jewelry, beach decor, Ocean Grove items, greeting cards and much more! Please be sure to think of them when you are in need of a gift for someone, or just want to treat yourself. Support their business, for they have generously supported us!

The Loft is located at:
60 Main Avenue, OG
732-774-8507

NEW! HRC UMBRELLAS

Just in time for the summer season, Human Rights Campaign Umbrellas! Show your support on the beaches of Ocean Grove. These large umbrellas are blue and white w/the HRC logo printed on two of the panels. The umbrella has a 'tilt' feature - so when the sun moves, you don't have to.

Umbrellas are $35.00. If you have not joined HRC, get a one year membership for free w/the cost of the umbrella.

NEW! Prints of "Rainbow & the Cross" with "After" poem now available!

Have your own copy of Lynn Heywood-Scott's beautiful print & Ruth Kruge's touching poem, ready for framing, for only $10.00.

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.

While supplies last, Equality Flags can be purchased at a discounted rate of $25 at The Loft.

The Loft is open 7 days a week from 10AM - 6PM

This discounted rate has been made possible by HRC and charitable donations to Ocean Grove United.

Equality Flags can also be purchased directly from the HRC Web Site for the full price of $38, plus shipping.

"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