Most Brethren here would not be familiar with the following. It is, of course, only the opinion of the 3 Grand lodges involved but has relevance to this topic and may be of interest.
At every Installation in a Scottish lodge "The Aims and Relationships of the Craft' MUST be read out. It is a document agreed to in 1938 by the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland and Scotland. Each of these Grand Lodges individually approved a version identical in wording except for the name of that Grand Lodge being inserted in the appropriate places. Among its 11 Articles they list the various basic principles, most familiar to all US and Canadian Freemasons, that any masonic body wishing recognition must meet. Among these, in Article 7, it says essentially that, to be recognised by these Grand lodges as 'regular', a Grand Lodge as a Grand Lodge must 'stand aloof' from taking any kind of political stand. Presumably this would also apply to any of its constituent lodges.
Article 5 is even more precise, and I will quote it verbatim. "Everyone who enters Freemasonry is, at the outset, strictly forbidden to countenance any act which may have a tendency to subvert the peace and good order of society, he must pay due obedience to the law of any State in which he resides or which may afford him protection, and he must never be remiss in the allegiance due to the Sovereign of his native land."
(Here 'State', of course, refers to a country and not a U.S, state such as Texas.)
This prohibition applies only to members of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, of course, but it does contradict the opinion stated above in the publication by Bro. Mackey.