The same division still exists all over the world in regards to female or mixed masonry.
One thing I am fussy about - PHA jurisdictions are and always have been mainstream.
We may have covered the discrimination on gender in the landmarks, but it doesnt make it any less discriminatory. Now dont get me wrong. Im happy to be in a male only lodge, but i would like visitation to be possible with comasonic lodges. And im also very happy we dont have the split based on race in Europe. That doesnt mean though racism didnt exist, we just didnt have a lot of coloured ppl. In fact, my country was one of the last ones in the world to abolish slavery, a fact im not proud of. But i am also in a country where the first bit of the constitution is exactly the one against discrimination and for equality. So i dont see any difference between racial and gender discrimination.
I understand the pha discussion may be about a sensitive issue for US masons, remember, im looking at it from across an ocean. So forgive me for missing some of the points. Im willing to learn
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Except that, unlike M. Wor. Bro. Prince Hall, George Washington did not start his branch of Freemasonry in the United States. Also, using the term George Washington Freemasonry as a catch-all is rather disrespectful to Grand Lodges in the rest of the world.You are so correct, but we're stuck with an awkward and icky terminology. It would be great if the term "George Washington Lodges" became widespread.
Except that, unlike M. Wor. Bro. Prince Hall, George Washington did not start his branch of Freemasonry in the United States.
Also, using the term George Washington Freemasonry as a catch-all is rather disrespectful to Grand Lodges in the rest of the world.
I don't know the answer to getting rid of the "mainstream" appellation, but George Washington doesn't do it for me.
Except that, unlike M. Wor. Bro. Prince Hall, George Washington did not start his branch of Freemasonry in the United States. Also, using the term George Washington Freemasonry as a catch-all is rather disrespectful to Grand Lodges in the rest of the world.
One thing that Washington did was decline to form a national Grand Lodge. That set the precedent for all sorts of local sovereignty issues that are also involved in the PHA history.
There has never been a UK Grand Lodge. There is no Grand Lodge of Canada. Why need there be a Grand Lodge of the USA?