The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association's president said 'it is obvious to many people what the shape is.'
who say the structure too closely resembles a Christian cross on a public beach.
“The symbolism is in cooperation with its effective use,” he said. “Different people will see different things. What the importance of it is, kind of your perspective.The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, a Methodist ministry, is using $1.3 million of its funds and donated money to build the pier and other beachfront facilities.
The new pier, which will be open to the public, did not need to go through local officials for approval. However, some residents who view the design as “Christian bullying” have asked state and local officials to intervene. “There was no idea that this could be perceived as Christian nationalism,” said Badger. “It’s not a part of who the camp meeting association is.”
Grote is planning to bring a motion to the floor at the next Ocean Grove Home Owners Association meeting on Sept. 24, when he will request a vote on asking the camp meeting association to halt construction of the pier “until matters are investigated, all of its citizenry are consulted, and approve the cross-shaped pier, or not, just like democracy ought to work.”
“However, OGHOA is not part of the Camp Meeting, and the Camp Meeting is not likely to be swayed by a vote of the members of OGHOA, no matter how decisive,” Joyce Klein, president of the Home Owners Association, said in an email shared with NJ Advance Media.
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