cemab4y
Premium Member
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In my travels, I have visited lodges in 14 states, WashDC, and 5 foreign countries. I have met masons from many different jurisdictions. Although I am NOT an expert on the intricacies of the regulations from all 51 Grand Lodges, I have a good familiarity with the regulations of my own GL, and some others. The GL of KY specifically forbids advertising, and you are not permitted to invite a man to petition.
I met a man from South Carolina, who was a past district deputy Grand Master. He informed me, that Masonry in South Carolina, is very discreet, and there is no open advertising at all.
Some states, permit advertising. New Jersey has billboards, advertising the Craft, I have seen them.
Missouri permits lodges to underwrite educational programs on public TV. I was in Kansas City, and I saw a broadcast that was sponsored (underwritten) by a Missouri lodge. I called the secretary of the lodge, and he gave me the run-down on the advertising regulations of the GL of Missouri.
When I visit a lodge in a different state, I like to ask the officers about their GL regulations concerning advertising and recruiting. Most of them tell me, in no uncertain terms, that their GL forbids advertising and recruiting.
If you want the specific regulations in a GL, I suggest that you contact the GL of the state you are interested in.