I'd be very interested in learning more about this one as well.
As far as over-reaching authority goes, I seem to recall there were a few proposed resolutions last year that could have been over reaching if they had been accepted as well. I've been a mason for several years but I've only really started paying attention to GL last year. Is this kind of thing the norm?
I asked a learned brother from Ireland who dropped in for our stated meeting this past Tuesday evening if Ireland had a practice of, or had ever, rearranging the lesser lights differently for degrees. He said it was not a practice there and was not sure but would check into whether they had ever been moved about. He mentioned that the lesser lights in Ireland were arranged as are ours in Texas lodges.
So, I am now even more interested in where this practice came from.
Brother JJones, don't worry, many of the themes behind resolutions of Grand Lodge come up year after year. It's akin to watching a soap opera once or twice a year. You pretty much pick up on what "hasn't changed or transpired" in the previous six to twelve months.
Brethren I noticed WITH ALARM one of the northern jurisdictions had ONLY three resolutions to consider. WITH ALARM because I'd never phantomed it possible to actually settle anything. ONLY three because I'm still pretty sure it's impossible to settle anything.
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