Post #396403 by Tipsy McStagger on Fri, Jul 25, 2008 5:09 AM

sounds good everyone...but just remember...you are missing the mark when you try to draw comparisons between things other than the fezzes and the masonic relationship to them....hawaiian shirts and girl scout uniforms are not the same issue!! they do not have the signifigance behind them that shriners have toward their rituals and props...the masons go back 100's of years and have influence much of our present society from it's beginning.......you are dealing with a long standing sub cultural group of people that take their connections to their masonic roots seriously..even if they drive around on motorized fiberglass camels....i really have a hard time believing that hawaiians care who wears a hawaiian shirt and who does not...and girl scouts do not hold the same reverance toward their clubs that shriners do....they are not as deeply invested as the shriners on so many levels...