Jesus tells us in the gospels that if we follow what he has taught & done then we are good disciples.  Too many Christians claim they don't know what Jesus would do, as though he did not leave the Gospels, prayer & the Holy Spirit to show us exactly what to do.  

The Gospels do teach us to treat no one any differently than we wish to be treated ourselves.  The man took a vow before God and if he was too weak to keep it, I feel he is wrong to complain since he knew what he vowed to.

Also there is no indication this man did anything to stand up for women who were equally called to be both priests & deacons, yet wrongly discriminated against.  His treatment was not an act of discrimination against him so no injustice was done to him.  Meanwhile, many lay people in this country & in others are pushed out of ministries to make room for a new deacon if they did not have one.  This actually is a real injustice & a harmful reality in many parishes. 

Truth is we don't need any perm. deacons.