… or does he teach the full equality of man and woman in the church and home? …This “full equality” rhetoric resembles the ideology that wants to ban all religion a bit too closely.
“Women in the USSR are accorded equal rights with men in all spheres of economic, state, cultural, social and political life. The possibility of exercising these rights is ensured to women by granting them an equal right with men to work, payment for work, rest and leisure, social insurance and education, and by state protection of the interests of mother and child, pre-maternity and maternity leave with full pay, and the provision of a wide network of maternity homes, nurseries and kindergartens.”It appears to be clear where Dr. Payne is coming from.
— 1936 USSR constitution, Article 122
“Women and men have equal rights in the USSR. Exercise of these rights is ensured by according women equal access with men to education and vocational and professional training, equal opportunities in employment, remuneration, and promotion, and in social and political, and cultural activity, and by special labor and health protection measures for women; by providing conditions enabling mothers to work; by legal protection, and material and moral support for mothers and children, including paid leaves and other benefits for expectant mothers and mothers, and gradual reduction of working time for mothers with small children.”
— 1977 USSR constitution, Article 35
“Women in the People’s Republic of China enjoy equal rights with men in all spheres of life, in political, economic, cultural, social and family life. The state protects the rights and interests of women, applies the principle of equal pay for equal work to men and women alike and trains and selects cadres from among women.”
— 1982 PRC constitution, Article 48
All three of these summaries of "full equality" guarantee woman-only benefits.
There is truth mixed in with the lies...and we should be careful to retain that truth as we throw out the B.S. that the Left packages with it. Namely that we are all equally made in the image of God, even if we are made with different abilities and potentials. Christianity does not hold women to be less than men, but it does hold them to be different than men, just as it holds that one man is different than another, and we are all of us unique creations of God.
Communism and Leftists want people to be "equal" in the sense that each person is a brick in their wall...or in their tower to the heavens....but of course the social engineers are more equal than the rest. Thus the systems devolve to strong men enforcing conformity on the masses where every pony has a big equal sign as their cutie mark , except the lead pony in the village that still has her cutie mark, but hidden under paint.