Brothers, we need to remember also that when we cast a ballot for or against a petitioner for the degrees, we also test our own character. The WM admonishes us each time we ballot to "vote for the good of masonry and the good of masonry alone and let no private pique or quarrel interfere with your vote. I say this because not simply not liking a man in of itself , in my opinion , is not sufficient grounds to blackball someone.
One thing I have found in Freemasonry, One question answered brings up a hundred more that aren't.