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I have not read the legislation either, but I would say you are correct. It would have to be a percentage of our income marked for non-profit organzations, but I think we more then excede it, otherwise the increase in $10.75 increase in per capita going straight to operating costs instead of...

Well thought out amendment Bro. Rhit!! I agree with them and the logic behind them. I know many people in my Lodge have asked why the GL just doesn't lessen its charitable comment in some way to help out. I think that a big source of the discontent is that GL is upping the per capita without...

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Congrats!! We had a MM turn in his work last night.

I can't reveal the degrees or what the work is you have to learn between the degrees. Besides, even if I was allowed to reveal it, that would take all the fun out of it. Just rest easy knowing that it isn't anything the 100,000 active Masons in Texas have done before you.

I think this is just further evidence that most conspiracy theorists need to cut down on their crack smoking. Of with all that crack smoking they are doing, it's only a matter of time that conspiracy theorists come up with the theory that Freemasons got them addicted to crack to discredit them.

Poppa Rollo's sounds good, plus Ryan Duty is a brother as well. He's the current WM at Lorena.

The best advise I can give you is don't think. You know the answers, just let them fall out. Your Examiner will most likely be the person who's been teaching you the work. So answering his questions is almost like a reaction now, kind of like muscle memory, but with your mind. So listen...

We really know how to throw candy during parades. LOL Seriously, we are really working on our ritual.

Excellent example and the exact reason why it is such a hot button topic!! A lodge I recently visited is a one of these such lodges. 70% of their membership is endowed. This increase of $10.75 will cost them about $1,290. That amount will wipe out their savings. To cover the extra, they...

Welcome Ahmed! I do not speak Arabic either. I have not seen the series the "Arrivals" so I do not know how Freemasons we portrayed in the series. We can question many questions about Freemasonry you may have. We are not demons or for that matter even a religion. Freemasonry teaches...

Heard something interesting last night. I was at Marlin Lodge where the GM was making his last official lodge appearance as GM for the year. He spoke about wanting support to suspend Art. 318 to be able to pay money back to the Lodges from the Endowment Fund. He said it might only be $2-$5.

IMO the difference between the two isn't so much a matter of who's morality standards to apply, but it comes down to the prinicples of Masonry. In Masonry, we are taught to be tolerant of other's beliefs. In the example of the Muslam candidate who believes in the morality of subjugating or...

Congrats Bro. Casey and welcome to the Valley!!

Keep us up to date on that if you would Bro. Cliff.

Welcome Bro. Nick!!

Typically, you submit your petition to join a Lodge. They will read it at the next meeting and the WM will assign an Investigation Committee who will meet with you and do an interview. They turn in their results and based on those results, balloting will occur at the next stated meeting. Then...