The importance of equality
News from Meeting for Sufferings
Do you agree with Quaker Life central committee that equality is better dealt with from hearts and minds as a spiritual matter, rather than simply as a compliance matter, asked Richard Summers, general secretary of Quaker Life, as he introduced the subject of equality. Richard explained that Quakers were generally doing okay but could be doing a lot more. Michael Booth, support for Meetings officer in Quaker Life, explained that Quaker Life was not planning to reinvent the wheel as such when other groups already had considered and detailed guidance (for example, the diocese of Oxford has guidelines on its website on welcoming those with autism and Asperger syndrome in our churches and communities) on a subject. Instead, Michael and Quaker Life would do their best to point Friends to those resources.
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