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If we are talking about the two regular jurisdictions in Texas (GL of TX and MWPHGLoTX) then we don't currently share visitation. So the short answer would be no in my state. This is not the case everywhere. The majority of the states in the U.S share visitation between the GL of State and the...
Sunset Grand Lodge is men only, but everything is always lumped together. In many cases, the GL governs everything. There are 1 million rebuttals to why all these GLs think they are legitimate and they believe in their hearts that they are. Since they style themselves as AFAM, I always tell them...
It really sucks that there is this constant "fight" between Prince Hall masons and the very large number of African American clandestine masons. One of the main problems for brothers who are members of a Grand Lodge of State is that we have been finding more and more that your information is...
People are switching from both sides though. Each GL may offer something that the other does not. In order to find out, members have to switch to see for themselves. Visitation would probably end that. Members would be able to just visit when they want and retain their current membership...
Do you have any additional details about that? Just for grins, would you say that the PHGLs established in their respective states in the North America invaded the jurisdiction of the "mainstream" (I really hate that description) GLs in their respective states in North America as well?
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Is there a such thing as free speech in Freemasonry? Because of our membership, are we always under the watchful eyes of our grand lodge officers? Your thoughts?
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There are actually more that 25 grand lodges that are clandestine and not irregular operating in our great state.
How about we just stick to the 9 states in our own country were grand lodges who are very regular still do not have recognition from the "mainstream" grand lodges in their...
That is exactly right. You would think it would be that easy. I am talking to a gentleman right now who is hung up on the recognition given to PH Grand Lodges by the UGLE back in '99 or so as the basis for his theory is that we are not legitimate. He doesn't understand that despite recognition...
Many of the 20+ GLs that are located in the Houston and surrounding areas style themselves as Scottish Rite. They believe that as a Prince Hall mason, I have to "cross-over" to AFAM in order to get my Scottish Rite degrees. They believe that there is some sort of power in the letters AFAM and it...
Why is there so much energy invested in the "fight" between clandestine masons and Prince Hall bretheren? There seems to be a constant battle about who is and who isn't legitimate. Do the brothers that hold membership with the GLoTX ever have these discussions with masons that you meet? To be...