@Tony I am in VA but I imagine this issue is probably everywhere. I like your idea of presenting it at a Grand Annual Communication. It's 2014...come on. All Masons are equal, especially in the eyes of The Grand Architect, right?
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This issue is everywhere in the former Confederacy, yes. Sadly, just as there are people who still think they are superior to others based on their ethnic heritage, some of those people are our Brothers. And it is a divide that exists everywhere, but it is more prevalent in Dixieland, where those people still hold some sway. It's getting to be less so, but in an organization so steeped in tradition as ours, it's not only our Masonic traditions they cling to with all the might they can muster.
And you also have to remember (and this is not a problem limited to matters of ethnicity) that we do have Brethren who believe they know better than the Grand Architect who is and should be a regular Mason.
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