Companion Joe
Premium Member
Browncoat,
MarkR is 100% correct in his point, and you need to give up the straw man argument about the Commandery; it doesn't hold up.
It isn't about whether these guys are good people or not. It isn't about Masons meeting on the level regardless of station in life. It is about the image they are projecting to the general public.
As for the Commandery, I have never heard of anyone throwing on their uniform to run to the grocery store or go out to eat. If a member did stop off somewhere on his way to or from a function, he's most likely going to remove his jacket (meaning it's just a guy wearing a white shirt and black tie) and certainly wouldn't wear in his chapeau. On the one in a million chance someone did feel compelled to go out on the town in full uniform, at least in my state, a Commandery uniform has nothing on it the general public would recognize as Masonic.
Weren't you the one some time back campaigning for EAs to be able to wear Masonic regalia? If so, this is the reason why they don't; most EAs aren't informed enough to speak knowledgeably about the Craft. If not, I apologize.
MarkR is 100% correct in his point, and you need to give up the straw man argument about the Commandery; it doesn't hold up.
It isn't about whether these guys are good people or not. It isn't about Masons meeting on the level regardless of station in life. It is about the image they are projecting to the general public.
As for the Commandery, I have never heard of anyone throwing on their uniform to run to the grocery store or go out to eat. If a member did stop off somewhere on his way to or from a function, he's most likely going to remove his jacket (meaning it's just a guy wearing a white shirt and black tie) and certainly wouldn't wear in his chapeau. On the one in a million chance someone did feel compelled to go out on the town in full uniform, at least in my state, a Commandery uniform has nothing on it the general public would recognize as Masonic.
Weren't you the one some time back campaigning for EAs to be able to wear Masonic regalia? If so, this is the reason why they don't; most EAs aren't informed enough to speak knowledgeably about the Craft. If not, I apologize.