New Jersey, nonprofit group battling over Sunday beach access in Jersey Shore town

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The conservative Christian group has controlled Ocean Grove's beaches for more than 150 years.

OCEAN GROVE, N.J. -- It's a debate that's pitting the state of New Jersey against a nonprofit Christian group that owns beach property down the Jersey Shore that restricts public access on Sunday mornings.The Garden State wants to change that.Both sides were scheduled to be in a courtroom Wednesday until the case got delayed.The Ocean Group Camp Meeting Association, a conservative Christian nonprofit, has controlled Ocean Grove's beaches for more than 150 years.

The agency threatened to fine the Methodist-based group $25,000 a day back in October if it didn't open the beach on Sunday mornings.The Christian group is now challenging the state in court, with its case based on religious freedoms under the Constitution.Anna Whiteman runs the Shawmont Hotel in town.

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