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Should the Order of the Eastern Star Accept...

Should the Eastern Star accept women who do not have any Masonic affiliation?

  • Yes

    Votes: 41 61.2%

  • No

    Votes: 22 32.8%

  • What's Order of the Eastern Star?

    Votes: 4 6.0%
  • Total voters
    67
PMC.DeMolay.MM

PMC.DeMolay.MM

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NY: Constellation of The Junior Stars, Rainbow Girls, Job's Daughters, and Triangle Girls may petition OES without any Masonic affiliation when she comes of age to do such! I'm not sure about the requirements of joining the orders themselves.

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BigDre357

BigDre357

Registered User
I am in the Nashville area and my Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of OES allow non Masonic affiliated women to join our chapters of the OES

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js4253

js4253

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I have only been in OES about 6 years. I only remember one petitioner that did not qualify. In Texas just about any Masonic affiliation will be accepted. Wife, widow, mother, sister, daughter, Rainbow etc.
 
sirius186

sirius186

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Light of Hope Chapter 114 in Charlotte NC allows women who have no affilition as well as those who do. As a result 50 percent of our chapter are sisters between the ages 23 and 27 years old.

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DJGurkins

DJGurkins

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I am not a member but will join soon. My wife was just initiated last week and I will petition in a couple months. I think with all the issues today with our youth being raised by single parents (mother or father) and the other being absent from the scene, we need this more than ever. How nice would it be to go to functions if you were a single parent (barbeque, Dinners, family night, movie night,) and have all these great men and women as role models for your kids. I think this could be good for both the older members as well as the younger members and the kids.
 
FSUJAG

FSUJAG

Registered User
Sadly our OES chapter that I was W/P in closed this last month. With my wife being the youngest active member at 55 and the W/M being 85 we could see no reason to continue. We will go to different chapters. There are a lot of things OES has to change to make it appealing to younger members. But I don't see that happening as long as it is run by a people who refuse to understand and change with the world which has left them behind.


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Bro Darren

Bro Darren

Premium Member
It is my understanding that 2 years ago the OES in Australia started to accept women who do not have a MM family member in the blue lodge. I also aware that the numbers of petition have increased due to this change in prerequisite regulation.


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dfreybur

dfreybur

Premium Member
sirius186 said:
Light of Hope Chapter 114 in Charlotte NC allows women who have no affilition as well as those who do. As a result 50 percent of our chapter are sisters between the ages 23 and 27 years old.
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Rhetorical question - How much of this is the changed affiliation requirement and how much is young ladies petitioning in droves for the same reason many lodges now see young men petitioning in droves?

If petitioners weren't being turned away before it's unlikely the requirement change is the main cause of the difference.
 
Warrior1256

Warrior1256

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MajaOES said:
Being a member of OES I think we should as long as there is a MM who agrees that the candidate should be a member. Lets be honest. It would be effective to have the same membership requirements for OES as they do for Masonry. Having these requirements the same would allow for OES to bring in new women with no affiliation that then could introduce masonry to there husbands. Its a win win for both organizations. Unfortunately though this was voted down and General Grand Chapter this year in Fort Worth. In order for the organization to continue on OES will need to start exploring other avenues of obtaining new and younger membership.
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Agreed.
 
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