The Moral Law is a foundational aspect of the Fraternity if Freemasonry. Anderson uses the phrase in his Constitution of 1723 without any explanation of what exactly he means in his phrasing of it. And, increasingly, it is being used as a de facto totem of decision making in violation of litigation and jurisdictional disputes. But […]
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Georgia – Sex, Lives and Fornication
For the institution that proclaims no man speaks for Freemasonry, the Grand Lodge of Georgia (some 40,000 members strong) took a stand and made just such a proclamation. Their pronouncement, voted upon at a Grand Lodge session, was to proclaim that neither gay men not fornicators (people who have consensual sex out of wedlock) should […]
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Understanding the Moral Law on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
On this national Holiday, we are to reflect and celebrate one of the greatest Americans in our pantheon of Founding Fathers, Martin Luther King, Jr. One of his many contributions to our American way of life came at one of his darkest hours which produced one of his brightest writings in his Letter from a […]
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First the roses, the Grand Lodge of Nebraska is taking their schism by the horns and taking the dialog into the inboxes of their members no matter the “legitimate arguments and sleaze”. Download and read the Nebraska Mason. Addressing the continuing issue of who’s Grand Master now, Past Grand Master and Jurisprudence Committee member Dean […]
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More of the fight of Kentucky Masonic homophobia
Back to the drawing board on the virtues and vices of Moral Turpitude, this time woven again with the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Masonry where it is being tangled in with the moral law. “…these charges are retribution for speaking out about the discrimination that I experienced…” Reported in late 2010, Kentucky Masons slapped down […]
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The Seven Blunders of the World
Mahatma Gandhi developed seven blunders of the world. Gandhi was a man that believed in change through peace and his pacifistic rebellion in India inspired many other peaceful protests such as Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights crusade. He was a man that lived in a century of unimaginable violence and let the regularity of […]
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This week I’ve started and stopped writing 3 different pieces on the “Georgia Affair” because of a range of conflicting thoughts. It seems that now, as the story has reached a wider National audience in the New York Times, the reporting is indicating that the charges brought against Gate City have been dropped, but that […]
Continue readingMy Brother’s Keeper – Open Racism in Georgia Freemasonry
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” The LORD said, “What have you […]
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