[Magdalen] National TEC policy on Alcohol in the Church

[Jim Guthrie]

From: Molly Wolf

>Would you scoff at a church that went out of its way to accommodate wheelchair
>access because a couple of members couldn't manage stairs? Or should >they stay
>away too?

Just the opposite. I would not tell people not needing ramps that they couldn’t
use them because someone in a wheelchair might be discomfited.

Neither would I ban coffee because some people are sensitive to caffeine, or the 
bowl of nuts because some people have nut allergies, nor the cookies and cakes 
because some people have diabetes.

But I do suggest that if there are cookies and cakes and sweets that there be 
sugar-free alternates, not to mention decaf or herbal teas and the like.

I'm simply not into special pleading that certain diseases are "special" and 
require everyone else to change their behavior.

Cheers,
Jim