New Jersey state officials are in a stand-off with a local religious group that controls the resort town of Ocean Grove — part of the Neptune Township, just south of Asbury Park — which…
Sunday is not fun day at this Jersey Shore beach.
Government officials say that is clear violation of the separation of church and state, and sent a warning to the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, a Methodist group that operates the beach just south of Asbury Park, earlier this month: The Christian Methodist group has an unusual agreement with the Monmouth County township that allows it to restrict beach access on Sunday mornings during the summer.
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