I really had to laugh yesterday. I dropped my bike of for some repairs to a guy that is a leader in our church. Now, he is one of those that thinks we are all of the stereotype. However, in our conversation, he asked if I would be going on the ride to benefit the SR hospital this weekend. I told him that I was working and couldn't make it.
Then I asked him, "if you are so against Masons, why are you supporting the SR?" His comment was that the SR had nothing to do with Masonry but was to help children with bone and muscle issues.
At this point I was trying to decide if I told him the truth, whether he would still attend to support the hospital. I decided to chance it and said, you know that SR are an appendent body of Masons and, up until last year, were totally supported by Masons. Then I said that until not too long ago, to have a child admitted, they had to be recommended by a Mason.
At first, I thought he was going to call me a liar and I would have to prove it to him. Then as the converstion went on, I was thinking he was not going to go to the ride. Toward the end of the conversation, his comment was " maybe I have mis-judged the Masons". I asked him how long he had known me and he said about 15 years. I said you have known I was a Mason all along and I have never denied it. I am also a SR Mason, that is what we do. Do you think I would be associated with those that are as everyone perceives? His comment, well I guess not.
Hope he has fun on the ride.