So would this mean that CA and DC masons could no longer hold Masonic intercourse with TN and GA masons ?CA doesn't use the term clandestine. It is better to just say recognition is suspended.
That is my understanding.So would this mean that CA and DC masons could no longer hold Masonic intercourse with TN and GA masons ?
Not to the best of my knowledge. However, if you're asking if that means that TN and GA are thereby not following the law, I would point out that it is also not legal to discriminate against women, yet they are not permitted within the fraternity.A quick question - is discrimination against homosexuals legal anywhere in the USA? My understanding, is that it's not - based on a number of Supreme Court decisions.
While I don't like how this is playing out, think about this from another point of view. TN and GA feel (for some reason I still can't understand) that homosexuals should not be part of Freemasonry. Let's change the circumstances. Let's say that TN and GA decided to start admitting women. Clearly, this is a move that California and DC (as well as about every other jurisdiction) would disagree with. So, what would give them the right to pass judgment on another jurisdiction? It's not judgment, it's recognition. CA and DC are saying that they no longer believe that TN and GA meet the criteria necessary to be considered Freemasons. How is punishing an entire jurisdiction over one decision benefiting the whole of freemasonry? It's not, nor was it ever intended to, it's about saying that they do not feel that those grand lodges fit the criteria to be considered freemasons. How does it make the craft stronger? In the same way that it has since 1717; by binding all lodges under common criteria in order to be recognized as one cohesive unit. How does it make us more desirable in the eyes of the general public? ...who cares? This isn't about the general public.What gives California or DC the right to pass judgment on another jurisdiction? They GL of two different states don't like homosexuals this year, so everyone has to jump on some politically correct band wagon and pretend they are holier than thou. Explain to me how punishing an entire jurisdiction over one decision that a GL made benefits the whole of freemasonry? How does it make the craft stronger? How does it make us more desirable in the eyes of the general public?