Should women be allowed to become Freemasons?
Br. Bowden,
Men and women are fundamentally different, as stated in previous posts. Those Brothers that are OES (like myself) know how different those meetings are compared to regular Blue Lodge tiled meetings, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. That being said, we shouldn't be coerced into political correctness which will fundamentally change our Fraternity.
People seek out others with similar mindsets, because we enjoy interacting with them on that specific level. Unfortunately, there will always be individuals who believe they are Entitled to, or have the Right to belong, whether they do or not.
It would be like having a private family function at your home, and an individual walking by, believes they have the Right to join in the festivities because they live in the same town as you do. Should you be required to admit or accept them just because they wanted to join in so as not to be left out of the festivities?
A question that has been raised by others I have spoken with about this subject is; What do you do about the degrees? They would have to be modified from there present configurations, for obvious reasons!
Don't get me wrong, I believe in equal rights for all, but that does not include the invasion of Private groups, whether they be male, female, religious sects, or any other orders.
Why do people feel the need to homogenize every aspect of society? We are all different, which is healthy! Otherwise we would be a Collective of mindless robots walking lock-step through our collective existence.
If they want to form a separate organization great, more power to them. But just because a Swallow has wings and flies south for the winter, doesn't mean it can call itself a duck
and expect to be reclassified as a duck, because it says so. No more so, than a duck expecting the same in return.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to be in a Private group or organization. They have limited access to non-members, with a set of rules and guidelines of their choosing. If they chose to abide by and maintain them such as they are, without the threat of outside invasiveness being expected from those that feel they have the right to belong, so be it.
Yours, in His service.