Freemasons are bt known for their secrecy, but they are havg a very public dispute — about a ban on gay members. Freemasons Tennsee will ci this week whether to lift the ban.
Contents:
- FOR FREEMASONS, IS BANNG GAYS OR BEG GAY UN-MASONIC?
- INCLIVY AND FREEMASONRY: HOW AN OPENLY GAY FREEMASON WAS ‘STILLED’ WH THE POWER TO BE HIMSELF
FOR FREEMASONS, IS BANNG GAYS OR BEG GAY UN-MASONIC?
For Freemasons, Is Banng Gays Or Beg Gay Un-Masonic?
The anizatn is known for secrecy, but 's havg an creasgly public dispute: For the past 30 years, the Tennsee group has banned gays (each state or jurisdictn has s own penal ). The spensn of Clark and Henrson Tennsee spired the Grand Lodge of Geia to enact s own ban on gay members last fall.
INCLIVY AND FREEMASONRY: HOW AN OPENLY GAY FREEMASON WAS ‘STILLED’ WH THE POWER TO BE HIMSELF
"When a young man hears that Masons a state are throwg gays out, they jt see that as the whole anizatn dog that and not beg isolated to a particular area, " Hodapp says. Over the next two days Nashville, the Grand Lodge of Tennsee will ci which nduct is more un-Masonic — beg gay or banng gays — a cisn that uld affect Freemasons around the world. One of the foundatns of Freemasonry is clivy and equaly and UGLE works hard to ensure members’ of all backgrounds are supported and reprented, pecially those that intify as gay.