My internal radar always bleeps when I see any article titles such as "Should Christians Support the Equality Act?" This is just because some of our political parties are often talking about dismantling the Equality Act and, as a disabled person, this idea fills me with dread.
To many disabled people, this is a terrifying discourse because we know it’s very difficult to fight the many injustices we face even with the Equality Act.
We also know that many churches barely reach the requirements of the Equality Act – and where it is met, this is more to do with only providing what they have to, balanced with quoting “reasonable adjustments”.
How to support a church friend facing disability
Last month, I wrote about supporting through the onset of disability; I wanted to continue that theme for a while. …