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Re: Would you purchase a Texas Freemason License P When my wife applied for my Texas MM plates she says she just filled out the form and when they arrived presented them to me as a Fathers Day present. So no, there is not in Texas. In Illinois I had to list my lodge and GL membership number...

Re: What would you recommend as a first reference By your description you want an agenda for a Stated meeting not a reference book on Masonry. Your lodge secretary will likely have a printed standard agenda available for any brother. In some jurisdictions it's included in the bylaws (which...

I consider myself a Mason and I also believe in traffic lights. Does that blow your mind? To me they are equivalent statements in that the two points mentioned have the same amount of correlation with each other.

Re: GL of Virginia Prohibits Transgendered Petitio Back when I was in the line the first time in the late 1990s, California declined to pass this. The recommendation was to check at the local level. I figure if they ever get a former woman apply as a man, that recommendation will change...

As Bro Byron points out the number of letters is not relevant to the issue. Which letters do matter, though. A, F, M, & are present in the legitimate names and, with the two exceptions of S (Stringer) in Mississippi and U (Union) in Florida, no regular jurisdiction uses any other letter. This...

He acts as a lightning rod for lunatics. Once they start in on his material they are the more easily identified and their stances discarded.

Conspiracy theory in the subject line. I did a web search and it's some mansion that got mentioned on a TV show. One of the requirements to become a Mason is being of sound mind. To me and many others being a conspiracy theorist is mutually exclusive with being of sound mind. I pray for your...

Elias Ashmole is approximately as well known or as unknown as Prince Hall. While the two give a good parallel on introducing a branch of Masonry, the difference in how well known Washington is versus Hall is a very effective and very succinct summary of the history of the issue. One thing that...

I don't get why background checks have not been in place for years. In 1993 my California petition included several tear-off sections where I gave permission to do background checks. Later when I went through the line and had access to lodge records I looked myself up. I was disappointed to...

Near the top of the page one the left is the "Forum Home" link. Click it and scroll all the way to the bottom for current membership status. It includes the number of accounts. The rules on contact use specific technical terms. "Masonic discourse" or "Masonic intercourse" refer to being...

One thing I am fussy about - PHA jurisdictions are and always have been mainstream. I don't like even putting the word in quotes when contrasting the two regular jurisdictions in each state. I have long used "George Washington Affiliated" for the ones I am a member of. It's never been an...

The colored one appears to refer to events that take place at the altar just after the obligations and just before the secret part. Given the form of the cable tow I think it's about a first degree. It also includes references to the first degree lectures I know plus a couple of tools I don't...

Don't be so fast on that. Some jurisdictions have a "Mason of the Year" type award that is specifically for a brother who does above average service but for some reason never went through the line. "Praise in public, chastise in private" works and that's why there is a steady stream of...

That works well within a jurisdiction because it leads by a circuitous path to a discussion of local lodges. Furthermore since the wording is different jurisdiction to jurisdiction the grand hail might not be noticed even by a brother. Any obsolete or repetitive wording or grammar is worth...

It would seem there are two branches of Missouri Synod Lutherans. One has tons of Masons including in their clergy. One objects to Masonry. Why the two branches have come to this is something I've asked brothers who have mentioned attending events at those churches. It seems to be beyond...

Bro Radical, Loyalty to lodge and grand lodge plus obedience to the rules of lodge and grand lodge is one thing. Marching to work on the steadily changing programs of grand lodge is very much another thing. Brothers who have been around a long time have seen programs come and go and they get...

Double checking - Introducing yourself by paper mail beats by email. Many lodges are terrible at responding to email. Lacking response by any of these remote contact methods within a month, show up in person about an hour before their listed monthly meeting. Introduce yourself. Tell them you...

There were more than one images? I went back and checked threads that have embedded pictures and video. I see them fine. I went back and checked threads that have attached files. I see them fine also. What i see in this thread is exclusively text yet clearly others see not just one image...

Using Firefox I don't see the image or attachment.

My mother lodge had a building that was originally on the tax roles. Every year there was a fund raiser to pay the taxes. The old timers report that this annual event with no choice but to be profitable drew the lodge together and drew the tenant appendent bodies together as well. Then lodges...