There are signs the Jersey Shore town's decades-old policy, which is tied to its Christian roots, are coming to an end.
A cross on the beach in Ocean Grove, which appears to be lifting its decades-old restrictions on beach access on Sunday mornings.In this seaside community that calls itself “God’s Square Mile at the Jersey Shore,” all the land is owned by a religious group that has for generations enforced an 11th Commandment: Thou shalt stay off the beach on Sunday morning.
The association, a nonprofit Christian entity that owns the beach and the land under all of Ocean Grove’s houses under a charter given to it by the state in 1870, has long kept people off the beach before noon on Sundays. “We have the right to live here, too,” said Greenblatt, who like her husband is Jewish. “We’re not anti-Christian. We just want the line between church and state to be respected.”
Martin shares a feeling often voiced by association members and their supporters that a cherished way of life is under attack in Ocean Grove.
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