Garden State Equality, the powerful LGBTG advocacy group, announced today that it is moving its headquarters to Asbury Park in a fundraising email by Executive Director Christian Fuscarino.
Fuscarino said the move was prompted by his desire to have a headquarters that is ADA compliant and by Asbury Park’s history as a LGBT gathering place.
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Posted: July 15th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Asbury Park, Garden State Equality, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News | Tags: Asbury Park, Christian Fuscarino, Garden State Equality, LGBT, Monmouth County News, Tommy DeSeno | 3 Comments »
By Tommy DeSeno
Greetings, Bruce!
I hail from the City of your choosing, Asbury Park New Jersey. A fan since you named your first album after our fair city; I’m one of your loyal “kids huddled on the beach in the mist.” We’ve met on those nights you thrill the locals with impromptu performances at the Stone Pony, which made that venue famous.
I’ve noticed your occasional forays into politics, including your concert cancellation in North Carolina to protest laws about who gets to use what bathroom, and who gets to sue for discrimination.
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Posted: April 13th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News, Opinion, Tommy DeSeno | Tags: Asbury Park, Bruce Springsteen, Capital Guidance, LGBT, Monmouth County News, Opinion, Sharia Advisory Board, Sharia Law, Sheik Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Stone Pony, Tom DeSeno, Tommy DeSeno | 6 Comments »
Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ-4), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa and Human Rights, responded to the controversy about a remark concerning homosexual rights and human rights that he made during a hearing last week on combating violence inflicted by the terrorist group Boko Haram in Nigera with a statement issued to MoreMonmouthMusings:
“All governments have a duty to protect everyone and I am unequivocally opposed to acts of violence against anyone,” Smith said, “All individuals, including LGBT persons, should be treated with respect and compassion.”
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Posted: February 5th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Smith, Frank Pallone, Gay Marriage, Gender Equality, Marriage Equality | Tags: Chris Smith, Congressman Chris Smith, Congressman Frank Pallone, Equality GOP NJ, Frank Pallone, Gay rights, Homosexual Rights, Human Rights, Kim Taylor, LGBT, Sub Committee on Africa and Human Rights | 9 Comments »
Garden State Equality, the powerful LGBTG advocacy group, announced today that it is moving its headquarters to Asbury Park in a fundraising email by Executive Director Christian Fuscarino.