🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <79.331.975@indy.com>, freemasonry@indy.com wrote:

> This is in reply to MARTIN BELCKE who said:
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> MB>I think that the ceremonial garb should remain the same and I want
> MB>to be the Senior Deacon when my lodge admits the first female
> MB>(VBG)....
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> Your bad!  Truth is, as it stands, I know it would fluster my SD for
> sure.  I can just see him now trying to not make it look obvious that
> he is purposely not looking down as he carefully places the points of
> the compass properly. hahaha
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>  * CMPQwk 1.4 #648 * For people who like peace and quiet: a phoneless cord.

Such is the way of our misogynist society.  An intellectual serious
discussion is being made and someone starts to take it in the direction of
objectifying women and only considering matters of anatomy.

The issue of the exclusion of women is an important one for a group that
attempts to make a better person out of you by considering certain moral
and ethical truths veiled in allegory.  The REAL question is this:  why
does Masonry exclude half of the human race on the basis of internal
plumbing?  If the idea of Masonry are important (as I think they are) and
if there really is a benefit to going through the degrees and learning
about ancient symbols and how they may apply to your life (and I think
there is) then why would an organization exclude such a large number of
people for an arbitary reason?  The answer lies in the inability of some
to drop dying paradigms and see the real light of ethical reasons.  We ALL
are on the level when we are created, not just men.

Sincerely,

Alan Salmi
Junior Deacon
Sirius Lodge #556
International Co-Masonry,
Le Droit Humaine
American Federation

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Alan Salmi, LCSW
alan@mcs.com
Chicago, Il, USA