![Wayne Parry Workers use heavy equipment to move sand on the Ocean Grove, N.J. boardwalk on May 2, 2024 to prepare for the upcoming summer season. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c0b16aabc4444973a3c009c37333d631/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Workers use heavy equipment to move sand on the Ocean Grove, N.J. boardwalk on May 2, 2024 to prepare for the upcoming summer season. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
![Wayne Parry A cross on the beach in Ocean Grove, N.J. is visible on May 2, 2024 from inside a boardwalk pavilion in which a Christian religious group holds Sunday morning services during the summer. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0afd10c4cd0f4908a67cabdae9e03ece/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A cross on the beach in Ocean Grove, N.J. is visible on May 2, 2024 from inside a boardwalk pavilion in which a Christian religious group holds Sunday morning services during the summer. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
![Wayne Parry People sit on the beach on a weekday afternoon in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024.The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b2562ee3479a4f2c8b3885a20ca166b2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People sit on the beach on a weekday afternoon in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024.The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
![Wayne Parry Luisa Paster, left, and Harriet Bernstein, right pose on the boardwalk in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024, near a pavilion where a religious group that owns all the land in Ocean Grove refused to let them hold a civil union ceremony in 2007. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4d0a106c95e6482590b884331663d414/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Luisa Paster, left, and Harriet Bernstein, right pose on the boardwalk in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024, near a pavilion where a religious group that owns all the land in Ocean Grove refused to let them hold a civil union ceremony in 2007. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
![Wayne Parry People sit on the beach on a weekday afternoon in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024 as a Christian flag and an American flag flutter in the breeze. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/86f81ed153ee4c248041aaad200f43d5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People sit on the beach on a weekday afternoon in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024 as a Christian flag and an American flag flutter in the breeze. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
![Wayne Parry Haze slowly burns away from the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/059189cfec4448b589173423c68c997a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Haze slowly burns away from the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
![Wayne Parry People sit on the beach on a weekday afternoon in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4e0b062753b34bcdadf48be95fbd2e0b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People sit on the beach on a weekday afternoon in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
![Wayne Parry Luisa Paster, left, and Harriet Bernstein, right pose on the boardwalk in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024, near a pavilion where a religious group that owns all the land in Ocean Grove refused to let them hold a civil union ceremony in 2007. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/dd688cd19d9e44cdbcb7e905f36e4009/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Luisa Paster, left, and Harriet Bernstein, right pose on the boardwalk in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024, near a pavilion where a religious group that owns all the land in Ocean Grove refused to let them hold a civil union ceremony in 2007. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
![Wayne Parry Flowering tree blossoms frame the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/01e12cb49c2b447bb6a73d302aa4d4a2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Flowering tree blossoms frame the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
![Wayne Parry Luisa Paster, left, and Harriet Bernstein, right pose on the boardwalk in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024, near a pavilion where a religious group that owns all the land in Ocean Grove refused to let them hold a civil union ceremony in 2007.The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1c5c349120284d2485ca598463a4c942/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Luisa Paster, left, and Harriet Bernstein, right pose on the boardwalk in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024, near a pavilion where a religious group that owns all the land in Ocean Grove refused to let them hold a civil union ceremony in 2007.The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)