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Webcam spying victim's parents leave their church

  Eyewitness NewsRIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The parents of Tyler Clementi say they have left their longtime village church due to its views on homosexuality.

Jane Clementi tells the New York Times (http://nyti.ms/NRpGaE) she decided she could no longer attend Grace Church in Ridgewood because doing so would suggest she supported its teachings against homosexuality.

Clementi also say she took strength from reading the Bible as she reconsidered her views on the topic.

Clementi's son, Tyler, killed himself by jumping off the George Washington Bridge in 2010.

His death came just days after his roommate had used a webcam to spy on Clementi's romantic liaison with a man in their freshman dorm at Rutgers University.

The case garnered national attention and made Clementi a symbol of the perils of mistreating young gays.

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Roselle Park residents rally for their post office

Web produced by Jennifer Matarese, Eyewitness NewsROSELLE PARK, N.J. (WABC) -- Dozens of people in New Jersey rallied Thursday night to save their post office. It's one of the thousands set to be closed in the country.

For so many people their post office is something of a lifeline, where they pay their bills the old fashioned way, they mail them.

It wasn't the biggest rally you'll ever see, but then again, Roselle Park isn't the biggest town you'll ever visit.

That may be why the local post office means so much to the people who live here.

"This is a small town, you're picking on small town people. It's not right," said Jeanette Taveras, a Roselle Park resident.

"We have a lot of seniors here who depend on this! My post office closed," said Mary Ann Jackinowitz, a Roselle Park resident.

The Roselle Park Post Office is just one of 3,700 locations the U.S. Postal Service is looking to shut down, nationwide.

It's a move intended to save roughly two billion dollars from a system that is basically broke.

"Things have changed in our business and like any responsible business you have to react to that," said the Postmaster General.

But critics say it's about more than nostalgia, more than the inconvenience of travelling farther to buy stamps and mail packages.

It's about losing middle-class jobs at a time when the nation needs more not fewer.

"Senior citizens use it, so, it's vital to us," Roselle Park Mayor Joe Accardi said.

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