Many wives that have no interest in joining would maybe give a brother grief since it was suddenly a 'secretive' co-ed organization.
I hadn't thought of this before but it's an excellent point!
I think it's a good argument and on the surface sounds ok but not sure it would actually benefit the Craft in any way. It's one thing to have Masonic getaways with some guys but you throw women in the mix and it changes everything.
it just won't happen and I'm good with that.
Whole heartedly agree Brother.
CoMasonry exists as an option so there's no need for any change of any sort. Find the nearest lodge. Demit. Affiliate. Done.
Thing is the membership of CoMasonry is one percent or less of the membership in our male only orders. Clearly extremely few chose to take the mixed option. It's nice that the option exists because a small number of people do take that option, but the topic is a tempest in a teapot given the relative membership numbers.
If my wife wanted to join a fraternity I'd be happy for her to join a female-only one. If she wanted both of us to join we'd probably pick one of the ones with animals in the names. Elk, Moose, Eagle ...
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I meant the degrees, the secrecy, and the teachings of Freemasonry.
Just not the requirements to receive all the above? Not trying to argue Brother, but there are irregular groups specifically for this with like minded people who didn't like the rules. It's just not regular/mainstream Masonry.
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Women in Freemasonry are accepted to perform different tasks but not ritualistic, as shown by the pyramid are female figures with relative charges.
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Daniele said:
No, Women are not accepted as Masons in regular or mainstream lodges. There are allied organizations Females may join. There are also irregular lodges which some absolutely accept female members as stated above.
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Not trying to argue Brother, but there are irregular groups specifically for this with like minded people who didn't like the rules. It's just not regular/mainstream Masonry.
Absolutely, 100%, most definitely agree Brother.
I think the P.E.O. Sisterhood is a pretty 'secret society' that women can join if looking for something similar to Masonry.
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I have certainly expressed myself wrong, they are not considered Masons but have roles and tasks in parallel.
My apologies, I hadn't read back through them all.
Now this statement I can mostly agree with. I'm not sure that I would agree with the "tasks in parallel" part but would agree that they have similar tasks or goals.
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PM. Lewis
Absolutely unacceptable!
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PM. Lewis said:
Perhaps for your jurisdiction.
A woman Freemason is such as a pregnant man. Just my opinion.
Sure, but see the law for other jurisdictions:
Statement issued by UGLE – 10th March 1999
There exist in England and Wales at least two Grand Lodges solely for women. Except that these bodies admit women, they are, so far as can be ascertained, otherwise regular in their practice. There is also one which admits both men and women to membership. They are not recognised by this Grand Lodge and intervisitation may not take place. There are, however, discussions from time to time with the women's Grand Lodges on matters of mutual concern. 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). Further information about these bodies may be obtained by writing to the Grand Secretary.
The Board is also aware that there exist other bodies not directly imitative of pure antient Masonry, but which by implication introduce Freemasonry, such as the Order of the Eastern Star. Membership of such bodies, attendance at their meetings, or participation in their ceremonies is incompatible with membership of this Grand Lodge.
The General Assembly of the Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland has adopted the following declaration with respect to Feminine Freemasonry in Switzerland as of 6th June 2009.
In Consideration of the following Conclusions
1 For quite a period of time and parallel to the GLSA, other Masonic organizations exist in Switzerland which do not work in a regular manner in line with the wording of our Constitution.
2 As far as we can ascertain, apart from the fact that they admit women, feminine lodges practice a standard which would be close to the regularity according to the GLSA definition.
3 The existence of these organizations has been documented by the GLSA, e.g. in articles about feminine freemasonry in the "Handbuch des Freimaurers", published in 1999, as well as in articles on feminine freemasonry on the GLSA website.
4 At various locations in Switzerland, collaboration has been established at Lodge level in the fields of charity, conferences as well as public events and for the mutual use of infrastructure.
The Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland resolves as follows
1 It acknowledges
2 the existence of feminine freemasonry in Switzerland, with which however it does not have any formal relations, and with which visiting and the exchange of friendship ambassadors are excluded.
3 It supports
4 regular and informal contacts between GLSA and the Women's Grand Lodge of Switzerland at the Executive Grand Lodge level and considers these to have a positive impact on freemansonry in Switzerland.
5 It is open as to
non-ritual contacts between GLSA lodges and feminine lodges for the purpose of collaboration in social, humanitarian, cultural and other reasonable fields.
Fleddest
I would cease my affiliation immediately
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Good Video, go ladies !
Been watching Freemasonry for Dummies Blog ? The UK press has been at us again, interesting the Police were mentioned in this video - the UK press seems obsessed with it.
As an aside, you might also be interested in the full 1933 video sampled - its here but there are lots of them... i didn't know they split in 1913; a daily step has been made https://www.britishpathe.com/video/honourable-fraternity-of-ancient-freemasons/query/Freemason
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