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There are three black men in our lodge and none have black wives.

I was surprised it was basically melodramatic without seeming like it.

Very few have commenting on others as a tenet of their religion. I think the world will become more secular, but science will actually start to bring them back full circle. Even if they call it by a different name. Example: Acupuncture is "just eastern mysticism or a placebo" until studies...

I can understand that point of view, especially today. But - the most commonly cited plan of action is "wait it out." Which is a degree of tolerance and active support. If there was zero recognition, there was no way in hell I would have joined AF&AM. I did because there was movement...

Another correction - the number includes DC. http://www.bessel.org/masrec/phamap.htm also: http://freemasonsfordummies.blogspot.com/2010/02/grand-lodge-of-louisiana-fails-to.html I found this yesterday - a lot of relevant links at the bottom: http://tsmr.org/ph.html It's worth readinng...

Sorry - 39 (we're the 40th with recogniition). Plus Kentucky is getting started. As far as I know, we're the only state with our arrangement.

I did not know they came with that. May have to change my mind back to getting one.

Adam, Are you a developer? Just noticing you QR code avatar.

If it kept a good man practicing regular masonry , absolutely. I have to wonder if things would have moved faster if men reacted more strongly in the past, especially when GLs took explicitly immoral stances on brotherhood.

I don't think merging is necessary. Simple recognition and visitation seems to work in 40 other states.

It'll mess up your drug tests

TX personalized license plates generate $1.1M http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2010/02/08/daily31.html

I think the visual of masonry covering Texas is a good one.. Some people don't jump in to activities because they feel like they'ra alone. One problem with the map is lodges meeting in the same building. Lodge 12, for instance is one of two or three in the same building? Ours has two.

Of course, one thing to think about is - what kind of comments come from pulpits on other people's beliefs? I'd rather be made fun of than be called demonic.

What's so ridiculous is we've always been short handed on Arabic speakers in intelligence. I studied Arabic for several reasons, but one being that I work in computer security.

I'm not sure, but some of the most prominent African American women are and have been members. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Eastern_Star (I'll add that the sub-culture of masons on wikipedia don't feel the need to qualify the listing of Eastern Star with PHA as they do the...

I'm not sure "publicly consumed" is the objection. The market will bear it out. Dr. Bronner's soap is very popular among the lilly livered hippies. And last I saw, it's riddled with good wholesome scripture. "He started his business making products by hand in his home. The product...

The religious extremists do. We had to leave our first church growing up because the pastor started preaching "separation of the tribes" wafter his son took up with a Black woman. It's scripture based. A scripture based perversion of Christianity and the scripture it came from. It's a popular...

This was funny, until I had a flashback of actually seeing this done as a child http://thereifixedit.com/2010/02/10/epic-kludge-photo-dont-cry-outlet-the-electrician-will-be-here-soon/

No, I would say bigot. Based largely on false information. Of course, people are force feeding false information. If it's willingly accepted and other information ignored, for instance, then it's honest to goodness bigotry worked on and preserved. For instance, the two Koranic verses I...