Can a woman be a Freemason?

[Glen Cook]

.... Just don't call it Freemasonry.

And, yet, UGLE says in the 1999 statement, in part,m "Brethren are therefore free to explain to non-Masons, if asked, that Freemasonry is not confined to men(even though this Grand Lodge does not itself admit women).

 

[Glen Cook]

They can have the same benefit my wife has. Coming down and enjoying good people, fun get togethers, volunteering right next to me and being around the brothers!

In other words, not the same benefit you. To put it another way, why don't you just do the activities your wife can do? Why do you go to lodge meetings? Why shouldn't women want the same benefit as you? Are they not deserving?

I almost feel this a rehash of civil rights arguments when I was a child.

 

[Morris]

Lots of good thoughts in this thread. Thanks for the spirited conversation.