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  1. MaineMason

    One Day Masonic Class/Journey

    I am also a Royal Arch Mason.
  2. MaineMason

    Form of Address

    A lot of people are Kentucky Colonels including former President Reagan and Whoopie Goldberg. It is an honor that is given out for cause and I'm sure Col. Sanders earned his honor as well. It's fun to make fun of but many people would be surprised how many of the kind of people you'd expect have...
  3. MaineMason

    Form of Address

    It actually has an organisation, called the Honourble Order of Kentucky Colonels but only the Governor of Kentucky can bestow the honor, I hope that makes it clear. I will add that many Brits are Kentucky Colonels as well just like many Americans and others are honourary OBE's. I know one...
  4. MaineMason

    Why is it so hard to get Masons to join the Commandery?

    The Grand Encampment might have a set of rules, but no Mason is forced to join it and furthermore, none must join. MaineMason 32nd degree.,Scottish Rite.
  5. MaineMason

    Why is it so hard to get Masons to join the Commandery?

    My father, also a 33nd degree Mason is not exactly a "born again" Christian either.
  6. MaineMason

    Why is it so hard to get Masons to join the Commandery?

    I am Anglican and through and though, and I am a 32n degree Mason and a gay man.
  7. MaineMason

    Why is it so hard to get Masons to join the Commandery?

    It was never an idea in my family that one would swear to defend any faith in order to be a Mason, that doesn't work with me.
  8. MaineMason

    Why is it so hard to get Masons to join the Commandery?

    I guess I would defend the Episcopal Church but do not find it necessary to defend Christianity in the many heretical forms it has taken.Last time I checked, there were there were three large Christian bodies: Roman Catholicisim, Russian Orthodoxy, and Anglicanism, of which I happen to be a member.
  9. MaineMason

    Why is it so hard to get Masons to join the Commandery?

    I absolutely, as an American Patriot and a Mason of both the York and the Scottish Rite disagree. The American Way can be described in a lot of ways but it's not up to Masons to do it.
  10. MaineMason

    What does Masonry mean to you?

    I hope they see those diplomas on the walls of their uncles and grandfathers and great-grandfahters and ask.
  11. MaineMason

    Can Masonry do more, to assist people in learning about the Constitution?

    I have never, nor will ever, wear a flag pin on my lapel. It is an empty sentiment, especially since American unity has become so unpopular again. I'll wear a Masonic pin there, though, because we ARE in unity. We can argue about everything else, but we can't argue about the fact that we are...
  12. MaineMason

    Can Masonry do more, to assist people in learning about the Constitution?

    I, personally, as a Master Mason prefer to leave all of this out of Lodge. It IS easy. We have a serious conversation going on in this country between those who feel that we should behave as if we lived in the 18th Century and those who believe, as I do, our Constitution is a living document and...
  13. MaineMason

    Can Masonry do more, to assist people in learning about the Constitution?

    The Constitution is important, but there is one other thing to remember about it: the Supreme Court makes decisions about what it Constitutional and what is not. I would suggest that if we're going to get all Constitutional, we should also encourage folks to read the Supreme Court decisions...
  14. MaineMason

    What does Masonry mean to you?

    I will not have children but it it my hope that my bi-racial nephews will feel a call to the Craft.
  15. MaineMason

    Form of Address

    Yes and in this particular situation it's nice to know that the Governor is a Democrat.
  16. MaineMason

    Form of Address

    The Commision is given by the Governor and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  17. MaineMason

    Form of Address

    So I have the right to be called "The Honourable" (spelled in the British way) and also "Colonel".
  18. MaineMason

    Form of Address

    It is an honour that is bestowed on one by the Governor of Kentucky and the State Legislature, you become an "Aide de Camp" of the Governor of Kentucky. It is in itself a kind of Fraternal Organizastion and as a Yankee, unusual for me.
  19. MaineMason

    Can Masonry do more, to assist people in learning about the Constitution?

    Another thought: we are not supposed to be political in Blue Lodge. I don't think that getting political will fly, at least here in New England. There's Repubicans and Democrats in my lodge and it wouldn't fly there. Just giving some thought, and why not? It's that old thing about how folks...
  20. MaineMason

    Can Masonry do more, to assist people in learning about the Constitution?

    The Rt. Worshipful William King and President Jefferson were very close friends, hence the collaboration on the Maine Constitution just years before Jefferson's death. If you'll recall 1820 was the year of the Missouri Compromise and Maine ended up to be a "free" state. What a history we've had...
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