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Topic: Testimony of Equality

	Encyclopedia: Quakers
		Fox was equally critical of many aspects of English culture besides religious dogma, particularly those that he saw as symptoms of pride and misuse of authority.
		Traditionally messages, testimonies, ministry, or other speech are unprepared, and attenders are called on to discern the source of their inspiration—whether divine or ego.
		The text of the Peace Testimony derives from a letter addressed to King Charles II of England, which tried to convince him that the Quakers had not been involved in a plot against him.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Quakers (4238 words)

	A Lively Concern: The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
		All are equally invited to contribute to the spiritual journey of the group.
		A major one is the equality of all human beings; another is a strong belief in nonviolence and opposition to war.
		The Testimony on Equality ought to lead to a position of protection of the right to life of unborn children, as well as an understanding, through all the various insights offered by prolife feminism, of how abortion attacks the equality of women and men.
	www.fnsa.org /fall98/macnair1.html (1735 words)

	Religious Society of Friends - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Testimonies cannot easily be taken one at a time, as they are interrelated.
		Because of the peace testimony, Friends are often considered as one of the historic peace churches.
		Also known as the Testimony of Truth, or Truth Testimony, the essence of the Testimony of Integrity is placing God at the center of one's life and refusing to place things other than God there—whether it be oneself, possessions, the regard of others, belief in principles or something else.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quaker (4562 words)

	Bridgend Quaker's Art Competition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Equality is also a fundamental characteristic of Quaker organization and worship, with the lack of clergy and any formal hierarchy.
		This belief in equality and sharing is in conflict with the spirit of a materialistic and individualistic age.
		It is also a testimony of particular relevance in a multicultural and increasingly complex society in which there is an acute need for racial justice and for empathy between all faiths.
	www.bridgendquakers.org.uk /QuakerArt05E.htm (367 words)

	Smith Robertson Museum - "TESTIMONY" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Testimony is curated by Dr. Howard Dodson, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library.
		Testimony is an expanded, thematically organized exhibition based on an acclaimed show mounted by The Schomburg Center in 197 and seen only in New York.
		Testimony presents a range of arresting artworks, from large-scale paintings and reliefs, to small and lyrical works on paper, to complex, inventive assemblages of metal, wood, fiber, and found objects.
	www.city.jackson.ms.us /CityHall/testimony%20exhibit%20(Smith%20Robertson).htm (933 words)

	Westtown School -- Lower School -- Query on Equality
		Historically, this includes Quakers' belief in and work towards equal rights for men and women, the abolition of slavery, educational reform, and improvement in conditions for prisoners and the mentally ill. Quakers also wrestle with the impact of racism and privilege.
		The testimony of equality is based on the belief that there is that of God in everyone.
		We are all equal in the eyes of God, and we need to remember to treat each other in ways that respect and honor our similarities and our differences.
	www.westtown.edu /lower/community/queries/qu33_equality.shtml (664 words)

	Quaker Practice
		This was reflected in the early days of Quakerism by the equal spiritual authority of women, and by the refusal to use forms of address that recognised social distinctions.
		Equality is also a fundamental characteristic of Quaker organisation and worship, with the lack of clergy and any formal hierarchy.
		The testimony to equality is concerned with the way in which our own life-styles and behaviour increase inequalities.
	www.langdale.karoo.net /practice.html (1797 words)

	Religious Society of Friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A meeting for business is considered a form of worship, and all decisions must be reached in a manner that satisfies all participants (called "unity" or "sense of the meeting," it is a unique form of consensus).
		Using the technique of "expectant waiting", the Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business attempts to gain a sense of God's will for the community.
		It is now often taken to have an ecological dimension: that Friends should not use more than their fair share of the Earth's limited resources.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Society_of_Friends (4510 words)

	Old Chatham Monthly Meeting
		There are four testimonies that are fundamental to Quaker faith and practice, although it is important to note that Quaker faith is neither homogeneous nor monolithic.
		Many Quakers believe that this is true regardless of sexual orientation as well although, unfortunately, there are still Friends who struggle to recognize and to honor that of God in gay, bi-, and transgendered individuals.
		One of the implications of this testimony for Friends is that we are convinced that God may speak to us through the words of children as well as elders, through men as well as women, through men and women of color as well as white men and women, through Jews as well as gentiles.
	www.nyym.org /oldchatham (806 words)

	Beliefnet.com
		However, in the sense of relating to all humans as equals under God(the testimony of equality that originally led to "thee-ing and thou-ing" everyone,even social superiors), that is still very much alive among Liberal Quakers.
		If by "plain living" you mean the testimony of simplicity, that is expressed currently in Liberal Quaker Meeting by exploring ways to lessen our focus on materialist comforts and on careers at the expense of family.
		The Simplicity testimony is something which has spoken to me. I cannot see this testimony in isolation.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?boardID=25606&discussionID=311337 (1022 words)

	Cultural War : Newsroom : AFSC
		First it would shatter the principle of equality in civil law by ensuring that committed, loving couples of the same sex are never permitted to marry.
		She noted that campaigns to promote marriage amendments at both state and federal levels are exploiting a culture of fear and resentment that has been escalating in the United States for the past several years.
		Some of the organizers of the anti-marriage equality campaigns say that faith itself is threatened by the prospect of LGBT equality.
	www.afsc.org /news/2004/cultural-war.htm (627 words)

	Equality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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.
		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.
	www.orangecountyquakers.org /quakers/general/faith/testimonies/equality.htm (196 words)

	Tasmanian Quaker Newsletter 1999
		From my reading, the testimonies can be divided into three religious and four social testimonies; the former being the inspiration for the latter.
		The testimony to peace is central to Quakers and is entirely inconsistent with war or preparation for it.
		The testimony to equality recognises no barriers of gender, age, race or official status; not honoring one person over another (hence plain names not titles are used by Friends).
	oriel.freehosting.net /timonie.htm (565 words)

	Universal Health Insurance - Massachusetts Testimony from NASRO
		Testimony of NASRO President Robert G. Gaw to Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Health Care Committee in Support of Bill S.686 to Establish New State Universal Health Insurance Benefits for Massachusetts Residents.
		In our view, the failure of the federal government to act to provide businesses with relief from the hyper price inflation in health insurance premiums of the past twenty years requires immediate state government intervention.
		It has reached the point where frequently the monthly cost of family health insurance in Massachusetts is now equal to the monthly cost of a home mortgage payment or a rent payment.
	www.global-equality.org /action/testimony.shtml (1197 words)

	Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, 6-13-02 Testimony
		Although we support the goal of reforming Subpart F, any modification of the Subpart F provisions must take into account taxpayers, such as computer software companies who derive income from licensing intellectual property that can be classified as income derived from the conduct of an active business rather than from passive activities.
		My testimony will focus on the special features of the computer software industry that must be taken into account when considering Subpart F reform.
		One possible means of limiting the scope of the proposal is to define a qualified recipient as an entity engaged in an active software business based on some appropriate measure, such as the presence in the affiliated group of substantial development, marketing, and/or other business activities.
	waysandmeans.house.gov /legacy/srm/107cong/6-13-02/6-13spra.htm (2270 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A testimony is a witness to the living Truth within the human heart as it is acted out in everyday life.
		Testimonies reflect the corporate beliefs of the Religious Society of Friends, though individual Friends may interpret them differently according to their own light.
		This custom stems from Friends' testimony on the equality of all - adult and child, king and commoner, man and woman, married or unmarried, doctor or illiterate, and so on.
	quaker.org.nz /faq.htm (4560 words)

	Breeding Quaker Parrots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Paerots have a characteristic curved beakshape with the upper mandible having slight mobility in the joint with the skull and a generally erect stance.
		All Parrits are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and twoback.
		While most birds have three toes pointing forward and one toepointing rearward, Psrrots have two forward-facing toes and two rearward-facing toes.
	www.shad-rapp.com /info/38888-breeding_quaker_parrots.html (688 words)

	Breeding Quaker Parrots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Pareots have a characteristic curved beakshape with the upper mandible having slight mobility in the joint with the skull and a generally erect stance.
		All Parots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and twoback.
		While most birds have three toes pointing forward and one toepointing rearward, Pardots have two forward-facing toes and two rearward-facing toes.
	www.shad-rapp.com /info/38889-breeding_quaker_parrots.html (690 words)

	Minute on Same-Sex Marriage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The testimony of equality provides the most obvious support for our position.
		In living the testimony, we must allow the ministry of love to be available to all.
		Quakers have often been at the forefront of similar struggles for equal rights, such as the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, and the civil rights movement.
	www.bym-rsf.org /yf/samesexmin.html (338 words)

	Biblical Basis of Friends Testimony of Equality
		I think of the testimonies as being like "fruit of the Spirit" (Gal 5:22-23), outward manifestations or evidence that we are living in the Light of Christ.
		This sense of equality in terms of material things is also reflected in Matthew 20:12, the parable of the people who worked all day and yet received the same wage as those who worked only a little.
		It seems to me that the fundamental awareness behind Friends' testimony of equality is that of coming into our true equality before God; to go along with humanly-devised inequalities would be to fail in our testimony to the present and future reality of God's rule.
	www.read-the-bible.org /LEYM2002/Day3b.htm (971 words)

	Address by Minister at the launch of the 2004 Annual Report of the Equality Authority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Strategy builds on and complements existing equality policy and legislation as well as the establishment of the National Disability Authority and the policy of mainstreaming service provision which have already had a positive influence on equality, service development and delivery and on practices and attitudes generally.
		Decentralisation of the Equality Authority to Roscrea, Co. Tipperary is a new challenge.
		The 2004 Annual Report is testimony of the Equality Authority's efforts towards achieving these goals and I would like to congratulate the Authority and thank the Board and staff for another fruitful year's work.
	www.justice.ie /80256E01003A02CF/vWeb/pcJUSQ6ENJJM-ga (1287 words)

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		Subject: equality.ks.testimony.on.referenda [24Feb94, 7kb] Following please find the text of testimony given before the Kansas House's Federal and State Affairs Committee's hearings on Governor Finney's proposed iniative and referendum legislation.
		Equal rights, which supposedly belong to everyone in our country, were re-labled "special rights," at least when they related to Gay men and Lesbian women.
		As a gay man, who is in very real danger of losing his constitutionally guaranteed equal rights, I speak today for the hundreds of thousands of Kansans who are also gay men or lesbian women.
	www.qrd.org /qrd/usa/kansas/EKS/referenda/testimony.on.referenda (939 words)

	The Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry
		The Religious Society of Friends has long stood for equality of human rights and against discrimination because we believe that each person is created in the image of God, possesses the spiritual capacity to respond to the divine and therefore is of precious worth.
		However, this testimony of equality is often challenged when we are struggling to find God's will on the issues before us.
		We invite Friends, whatever their leading on same-gender marriage under the care of meetings, to consider how they live up to the challenge to "help in the elimination of racial, sexual, ethnic, religious and other forms of discrimination and prejudice" when it comes the to civil benefits that states extend to married couples.
	www.rcfm.org /positions/afsc.htm (722 words)

	Faith & Witness at London Grove
		A "Testimony" is what Friends refer to as how we believe people should be living their lives in a particular area as an expression of their faith.
		A testimony is a way of approaching a particular lifestyle issue widely agreed upon by many Friends.
		The heart of the testimony involves living oneâs life in a manner that enables one to stay focused on God - to avoid activities which get in the way of a disciplined daily life of prayer and inward attentiveness to the motions of the Divine Spirit.
	www.pym.org /worship-and-care/are-q201pbp.htm (2766 words)

	Testimony of Equality North Dakota on Senate Bill 2188
		Equality North Dakota is a statewide gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights organization.
		We at Equality North Dakota are convinced that this bill is also aimed at legislating the exclusion of gay and lesbian individuals and couples from the adoption pool.
		At a time when many North Dakotans are looking for ways to make our state a more welcoming and inviting place, this bill sends the message that individuals who are perceived as “different” are not truly welcome and entitled to the same rights and protections as others.
	www.equalitynd.org /2188testimony.html (431 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		In the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), ''continuing revelation'' is the inspirational means by which each individual understands and interprets the Bible.
		It would be good to discuss how this concept is used in progressive theology and feminist theology as well.
		User:BoNoMoJo B 00:13 16 Jul 2003 (UTC) After rereading this thread, I apologize for sounding condescending; I see now that your statements had already acknowledged the (weak?) point I was making.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Continuous_revelation.html (879 words)

	Theology Today - Vol 50, No.1 - April 1993 - ARTICLE - The Wild Bird Who Heals: Recovering The Spirit In Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He is nervous about the putative extremism of the so-called "deep ecologists" who maintain that all natural entities possess equal value and should be accorded the right to develop their own potential apart from human influence as much as possible.
		Nash takes issue with the postulate of biotic equalitythough he defends the principle of intrinsic value for all organismsand concludes by privileging human interests as superior to the needs of the less rational and less creative nonhuman creatures over whom we are to exercise dominion.
		The tension among religious and ethical thinkers on the question of biocentric equality is intense.
	theologytoday.ptsem.edu /apr1993/v50-1-article2.htm (7119 words)

	Testimony of Equality - Enpsychlopedia
		The Testimony of Equality is the Quaker belief that all people are created equal in the eyes of God.
		This Testimony has prompted Quakers to participate in actions that promote the equality of the sexes and the races, as well as other classifications of people.
		Like the other Quaker testimonies, the Testimony of Equality is not a fixed and formalized creed.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Testimony_of_Equality (621 words)

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