To the Editor:

The Barnegat Township Committee’s August meeting was a reckless and hate-filled spectacle. Rather than conducting the business of the town, Mayor Cirulli wasted the taxpayers’ time and money by spending nearly half the meeting explaining why in his view LGBTQ+ people have no place in Barnegat. Not a single committee member objected.

The prompt for this tirade was the inclusion of LGBTQ+ people in history books, and its potential psychological effects.

August 14, 2019