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No Women in the Frat but Could we Share our Rituals

Can we Share Rituals with Women?

  • Yes

    Votes: 9 11.3%
  • No

    Votes: 30 37.5%
  • Not only No, squash the Women talk

    Votes: 41 51.3%

  • Total voters
    80
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rhitland

Founding Member
Premium Member
Having Women in our Frat probably is not the best thing I agree but could we not have a Masonic Sorority that has the same GL laws, same Lodge setup, & exact same rituals just Women only but where we are all one unified body and could discover the Mysteries through Masonry together?
 

Nate C.

Registered User
There is already just such an organization. It's called Order of Eastern Star. I tend to be pretty open minded about progressive ideas, but I don't think making Masonry fully co-ed is a step in the right direction.
 

owls84

Moderator
Premium Member
I am for an all women sorority of masonry. I think they should be able to have the lessons that we as Masons are taught. But I don't think they should mix in Lodge at least anytime soon. Really no reason just don't know about that.
 
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cpmorgan2

Guest
Why cant we drop this women in Masonry talk? I am not sexist. But in all 3 degrees we do something that a real woman would not do in front of any other than her spouse, not a room full of men or a room full of women either. Think about what that thing is that I'm talking about...
 

owls84

Moderator
Premium Member
What if women had their own sorority that was strictly women with Masonic principals. Much like the Eastern Star but only women? I mean looks like the concensus is NO for women in Blue Lodge.
 

jonesvilletexas

Premium Member
Brother Texas, are you the one that will have his MM degree Friday night at the Grand Lodge Temple?
If so I might be working in the degree M:.W:. Griffin and I talked back in July but the committee has not told me anything as of yet, but you can bet I will be there, would not miss it for the world.
 

jonesvilletexas

Premium Member
Brother Blake I love your new Logo, with the Red, White and blue, looks great. Can I use it in some work I am doing on other web sites?
 

Texas_Justice85

Registered User
Brother Texas, are you the one that will have his MM degree Friday night at the Grand Lodge Temple?
If so I might be working in the degree M:.W:. Griffin and I talked back in July but the committee has not told me anything as of yet, but you can bet I will be there, would not miss it for the world.

I sure am. I cannot tell you how excited I am and how greatful that my brothers have done this for me.
 

Curtis Wilson

Registered User
There is an organization called Co-Masonry of America. It has lodges throughout North America. I found it when searching though Colorado and stumbled across it. It was not AF &AM. This is still Men only, with outlets for Women in OES.
 
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jwardl

Guest
Women are certainly every bit as capable of learning and living by masonic principals as men -- but as others have said, many already do, in the OES.

Since female petitioners must be related to a master mason in good standing, however, the opportunity for ladies to join is a bit more restrictive than the blue lodge is for us men. OTOH, their petitions are much shorter and less detailed than ours. Perhaps a female branch of masonry itself wouldn't be a bad thing, but it would open up a whole new can of worms. For example:

* Would we fraternallly recognize them, and they, us? SHOULD we? If so, what about co-masons, who admit both genders, but are generally considered clandestine?
* Might very well cause a major decline in membership of the OES -- perhaps even a fatal one.
* Would they, like the Star ladies, be sisters -- or like us, brothers?
* Could we/should we go beyond merely recognizing them -- and consider them in amity? Doing such a thing would effectively make blue lodges co-ed anyway, wouldn't it?

Personally, I'm not for much of anything that changes the current definition of what makes a Texas blue lodge regular -- not shortening the work, nor admitting women. Our tradition is what defines us, and sets us apart from all the other fraternal/public groups out there. We don't ned to be more like the rest of them.
 
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