One day after community and religious officials announced an arrangement to hold small weddings at a Lakewood venue, the township voided it due to orders surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

Lakewood Rabbi Moshe Zev Weisberg said on Monday the arrangement allowed for small ceremonies at Ateres Reva. Even with restrictions made to adhere to social distancing and gathering guidelines, Lakewood Mayor Raymond Coles said on Tuesday those ceremonies have been put on hold.

“I learned about this on Monday morning. I was told that a meeting between some community officials, a police chief and a prosecutor had come up with an agreement that a very limited wedding ceremony could take place," Coles said. "Limited being the officiant, the photographer, bride and groom, parents of the bride and groom, and a couple of Lakewood police officers to make sure that everything stayed the way it was supposed to be. And then once people started saying they were get married, I heard that people never said you could do this.”

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State and county officials rebuked the arrangement on Monday, pointing out wedding venues are considered nonessential businesses under Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order.

The mayor’s office never approved the arrangement, and Coles said those decisions need to come from county and state offices. Prior to the arrangement being voided, Coles said a few couples thinking about holding ceremonies elected not to do so.

“This is not something that (the) township sanctions. My understanding is that number one, religious ceremonies have not been banned, but people are being asked not to get to congregate,” Coles said. “What this attempted to do was to honor all the guidelines that the governor instituted and still allow a wedding to take place.”

More than two dozen people have been charged in Lakewood for defying Murphy’s ban on large gatherings over the past month after police broke up multiple events. But Coles said those infractions make up a minute percentage of the town’s 110,000 people.

“The town is doing its part to get through this,” Coles said. “And they’re staying at home like they’re supposed to.”

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