Yes, there is political correctness, and I am sure we all
get fed up of that. I am also sure like all differently-abled people, or if you
like, disabled people, I still smile when someone is speaking to me and they
get themselves into a right mess trying to skirt around my ‘predicament’. But
it is what it is, and in truth the vast majority of people are so very kind and
helpful they are forgiven tenfold for verbal trips.
However, just now and again you read something and you say
to yourself, I can’t believe he said that! Especially when it is someone you
hold in high regard. Today whilst reading the faculty case of Re Otley, All Saints
[2015] (Leeds CCt) the chancellor, for whatever reason, decided to use old
liturgical language to address those of us who are not ‘able-bodied’; he used
the term; ‘infirm’!
Well my dear chancellor I am not infirm, not in a month of
Sundays am I infirm, it’s an insult, and a nasty word to use.
Whilst I am talking about faculties, a word to the wise.
When chancellors speak about addressing the law with regards reordering, especially
in churches that are listed, the law does not stop at Duffield – the law also
includes the Equality Act 2010.
So if you are considering changes in your church, stop think
– what do we need to do to be inclusive.
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