Morris
Premium Member
Have you ever had a good experience with the Scottish Rite?A few years back, we had a couple of guys in our county who belonged to another lodge. Both were big time active in the SR. Our lodge is the biggest in town and does the most degree work. We caught wind that on nights when we were having MM degrees, these guys were in the parking lot grabbing the candidates and all but forcing them to sign SR petitions and getting the fees before they were even raised. They were told in pretty clear terms, if we heard even the hint of it in the future, their Masonic careers were done.
It's no secret my lodge is a YR haven. All the bodies meet there. But the actions of these guys had nothing to do with YR or SR. It was about coming to our lodge and using ambush tactics on men who didn't peanuts from peanut butter on a night that was supposed to be special for them.