That's what I thought.
I only read the first sentence. It was enough. You put your answer there.
Everyone is equal. We have different abilities, different backgrounds, different opportunities (this includes possession of wealth), and different temperaments, but for all legal purposes, one person has equal value with another. Also for purposes of ethics and assessment of personal dignity and independence.
I now know that I can ignore any future references by you to "politically correct sensibilities" except to debunk it as a thinly veiled attempt to place one group above another.