Statement on Social justice - Part 2

[yrieithydd]

So in the first post in this series I tackled Scripture from the Statement on Social Justice. Now it's time for Article 2: Imago Dei

Imago Dei
WE AFFIRM that God created every person equally in his own image. As divine image-bearers, all people have inestimable value and dignity before God and deserve honor, respect and protection. Everyone has been created by God and for God.

WE DENY that God-given roles, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, religion, sex or physical condition or any other property of a person either negates or contributes to that individual’s worth as an image-bearer of God.

SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 1:26-30; 2:18-22; 9:6; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17; COLOSSIANS 1:21-22

Actually, other than a male pronoun for God and an American spelling of honour, this one is pretty uncontroversial. I'm intrigued as to why "God-given roles" is included & put first and note the choice of sex rather than gender and the absence of sexuality as specific properties. I also note the absence of Galatians 3:28 from the scriptures listed.

Next up: Justice