Christians believe each person has inherent dignity because they were born in the image in of God
"Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness"
Jesus showed that all life should be valued and treated with respect
Jesus shows no prejudice when treating and healing those with leprosy
The Parable of the Good Samaritan - a Jew was injured, and was ignored by many figures of the church, but was helped by a Samaritan - Jews and Samaritans were not normally friendly towards each other
teachings from the Pope Francis in Evangeli Gaudium refers to the importance of the family as a community of love and life
every person should be treated with selfless, unconditional love