My Freemasonry | Freemason Information and Discussion Forum
Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
Well, this is not a description on any "table lodge" where I was a participant, neither domestic nor foreign. I'd like to see the actual submittal and the precise wording to ascertain the real purpose. But I'll still bet that the suspicions are related to my first comment. But I'll wait until...
It looks like the teetotalers are at it again. I guess they assume because they cannot circumscribe their desires, that no one else can.
If this Bull $hine passes, we will once again appear as backwards. I cannot believe that a tradition that is practiced world wide will be abolished here...
Wow, I cannot believe that some individuals here are trying to stifle creative debate and conversation under the banner of "proper Masonic protocol".
It would appear that it must have not become apparent that "we" as the fraternity "are" the grand lodge and the "elected" are our representatives...
We are saying the same thing, I was specifically addressing the constitutionality of our (bylaws, etc.) institution, not the back biting within that some would bring into the public courts. Once again, if this were truly a constitutional matter it would have been already ruled as such. Our...
And there's the answer, when individuals decide to drag things as such into court. I however noticed that nothing was said about the terms & conditions on our petition for membership, and nothing mentioned about Anderson's Constitutions nor bylaws and landmarks. Oh, well we'll leave that as it...
The establishment clause has no effect in Masonry, nor does case law, as they apply to government institutions. There seems to be something that is being overlooked and that would be the freedom of association, something lacking in this dialogue. If someone wants to impose all of the contortions...
If one were so inclined why would he be bothered by what others think? Nice mix by the way your statement, "unpatriotic or irreligious" that being in and of itself divisive.
In fact it is my understanding that the very few religious groups that take umbrage with "the flag" wouldn't kneel at an...
To me all this is a tempest in a tea pot. In other countries they have their pledges and I have respectfully acknowledged theirs as I would my own, this too was done in tyled lodges...
The United States Congress opens each session with the pledge of allegiance and a prayer...
Bellamy's goal was to sell flags...
In 1891, Daniel Sharp Ford, the owner of the Youth's Companion, hired Bellamy to work with Ford's nephew James B. Upham in the magazine's premium department. In 1888, the Youth's Companion had begun a campaign to sell American flags to public schools as a...