Equality: Religious & Secular Responses
- Created by: Charlotte Emily Turner
- Created on: 01-06-17 09:23
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- Equality
- Religious Responses
- Catholics do not allow women to have equal job opportunities.
- CofE does allow women to become priests & bishops.
- 1 Corinthians: "Women should remain silent in the churches... must be in submission, as the Law says."
- 1 Corinthians: "the head of woman is man"
- 1 Corinthians: "a man ought not to cover his head...he is the image... of God...but the woman is the glory of man (should cover her head)."
- Matthew: "Love your neighbour as yourself."
- John: "Love one another... Just as I have loved you."
- Galatians: "There is neither Jew nor Gentile (race)...male nor female...all one in Christ Jesus."
- Acts: "From one man he made every nation"
- Acts: "he determined the times set for them... exact places where they should live."
- 1 Timothy: "I do not permit a woman...to assume authority over a man... women will be saved through childbearing."
- Pope Francis: Gender Theory (can choose your own sex) is "terrible" & the opposite of God's creation.
- Desmond Tutu, MLK Jr.
- John Stott: "The Gospel is good news of mercy to the undeserving...cross, not the scales."
- Stott: "We are called to be perfect in love...love even our enemies"
- John Stott: "The Gospel is good news of mercy to the undeserving...cross, not the scales."
- United Nations
- UN Charter: "reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights"
- 2014: 'HeForShe' campaign.
- 1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- 1966: Civil & Political Rights, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
- Joni Eareckson Tada
- Became a paraplegic after a diving accident.
- 'Wheels for the World': has given 34,000 (refurbished) wheelchairs to the disabled, in developing countries.
- 'Joni & Friends' provides a radio broadcast (& sermon) everyday! (for those who cannot attend church, due to disability).
- 'Field Services': gives training & resources to promote church ministry to the disabled.
- Legal Changes
- 1964: Civil Rights Act (US).
- 1965: Voting Rights Act (US).
- 1928: 'Representation of the People Act' (voting rights for women (UK).
- 1975: Sex Discrimination Act (UK).
- 1965: Race Relations Act (UK).
- 1955: Disability Discrimination Act (UK).
- 2010: Equality Act (UK).
- Until 2007, homosexuals could be refused service (UK)!
- 1964: Civil Rights Act (US).
- Religious Responses
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