Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Ocean Grove organization in 2007 denied lesbian couple use of boardwalk pavilion for civil union
The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association violated state discrimination laws in 2007 when it denied a same-sex couple’s application to hold a civil union ceremony at its boardwalk pavilion, a state agency said Tuesday. The association broke the state Law Against Discrimination when it refused to allow lesbians Harriet Bernstein and Luisa Paster to use the pavilion for their civil union ceremony, according to the director of the state Division on Civil Rights, Craig Sashihara. The association discriminated against the couple based on civil union status and sexual orientation, Sashihara concluded in the 16-page report. Sashihara upheld a decision reached in January by a judge with the state Office of Administrative Law. Bernstein and Paster …
Friday, June 17, 2011
ACLU complaint over holding ceremony at religious venue has been resolved.
Neptune High School seniors will continue decades of tradition tonight when they hold their graduation ceremony at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey had threatened to sue the school district if changes weren't made to the ceremony after a grandmother complained about the location and religious references in the ceremony last year. "The Board of Education and the administration is pleased that there has been a resolution," said Neptune Township Superintendent of Schools David A. Mooij this morning. "The intent of the district was always to keep the tradition alive. We understand that certain people had faith-based objections, one way or the other, but as a public school district, our …
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
13,821 listen to evangelist Billy Graham's grandson preach at Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove
When Billy Graham preached at Ocean Grove's Great Auditorium in 1955, he was 36 years old. Last weekend, his grandson Will Graham preached three messages in the same venue at what the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) called the Jersey Shore Will Graham Celebration. At 36 years old, the younger Graham's vocal tone, delivery, and message reverberate with his grandfather's influence. Graham made the most of media hype over Family Radio founder Harold Camping's failed prediction that the Christian rapture would take place Saturday evening at 6 p.m., mentioning it in all three messages, but saving his strongest statements on the topic for Sunday afternoon. There is increasing interest in the "end of days" theme, Graham told 4135 …
Jaydee1958
2:02 pm on Monday, June 20, 2011
This is not a friggin compromise it is captiulation! How is it that one "offended observer" gets to shut down what has historically and continues to be 100's of peoples faith and desire to see the auditorium as it has always been? IT's time to tell the ACLU to shut up and sit down! I'm offended that they are offended. Could have thought we lived in a republic with democratic rules. NOT I don't … more ›