I think the comments offered so far have been excellent and very well-considered... yet all different!

An emerging pattern is that the way we define equality has a lot to do with how we think it should be accommodated in society.

If you define it as spiritual equality, then you see the the implications as pertaining to equal access to God, and of being in the same spirit, and not about secular life at all.

If you see it as meaning equal in terms of opportunity, then you will tend to advocate social programs to make opportunity available for everybody

if you see it as meaning equal according to any concrete definition of equality, you will tend to dismiss the idea entirely based on visual evidence