Tony Uzzell
Registered User
I've found in the PHA side of the house that there are sometimes open sessions where any female fitting the basic requirements minus a relative my be initiated into OES... I know for a fact it has occured in FL but I would check with your local lodge to be sure before petitioning
I've often wondered if opening OES up to any woman who believed in a Supreme Being, was of strong moral character, etc. (you know, the things we ask of a man to become a Mason), whether they had a Masonic relationship or Rainbow/Job's Daughters membership or not, would be beneficial to the membership of OES.
I also have a "selfish reason" for that idea (from a Masonic viewpoint): if a woman who's not married to a Mason joins OES, it might cause her husband to wonder about the meetings she attends or make him want to go also, so he might become a Mason to be eligible for OES membership. I've seen this happen when a woman joins OES due to her father or brother being a Mason, then her husband becomes a Mason.
Perhaps, something along the "open sessions" you mention happening in PHA in FL would be one way to make this happen.
TU