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official mason summery (from wiki)
there are two types of masonry
- regular masonry (to simplify: english)
- continental masonry (to simplify: french)
important rules english masonry follows
- you have to be a man
- you have to believe in a god
- politics / religion cannot be discussed
it holds to
>"the existence of God, the immortality of the soul, and human solidarity. liberty of conscience as an inherent right of each man and excludes no one because of his beliefs"
and also
>"the Lodge as such will never take part officially in any political affair but every individual Brother will preserve complete liberty of opinion and action."
important rules french masonry follows
- you don't have to be a man
- you don't have to believe in god
- politics / religion can be discussed
it holds to
>"democracy / republic, separation of church and state, social solidarity, "citizenship", environment protection, dignity ("All humankind should be guaranteed food, shelter and care"), rights (as defined by the UN)"
and also
>"same sex marriage, and [from what i understand] transgenderism"
historical impact:
- the french lodge(s) played a role in american independence, the french commune, and multiple anti-catholic actions
- the english lodge(s) as far as far as wiki says have done nothing but BBQs, tho they have been "accused" of siding with more conservative factions
on political condemnation:
- the commies closed down the lodges (including china today)
- the nazis closed down the lodges
- the muzzies closed down the lodges (in particular recently saddam of iraq. a notable exception is turkey and a couple others)
- the americans used to have an anti-mason party, but it got dissolved into the whigs, which more or less got dissolved into the 'republicans'
french freemasonry is more prominent in effectively every latin nation (latin america, european romance nations) as well as africa
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