Equality
Friends testimony on equality is rooted in the holy expectation that there is that of God in everyone, including adversaries and people from widely different stations, life experiences, and religious persuasions. The conviction that each person is equally a child of God opened the way for women to be leaders in the Society. Friends principles require witness against injustice and inequality wherever it exists.
The testimony of equality does not imply that all individuals in a particular role are the same; it recognizes that the same measure of God's grace is available to everyone.
Friends recognize that unjust inequities persist throughout society, and that difficult work remains to rid ourselves and the Religious Society of Friends from prejudice and inequitable treatment based upon gender, class, race, age, sexual orientation, physical attributes, or other categorizations.