Post #582108 by Professor Pineapple on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 12:47 PM

most of the white Masons you see, and that is, Shriners in fezes, are mostly old.

True, though I'm a 30 year-old Shriner.

The time the Masons expect from you is a thing of the past. We modern men can't imagine spending most of our evenings at the Hall away from our wives, family and home.

Most men I know are more than happy to do so here & there (far from most evenings), and most women I know are glad to rid of us!

The ONLY accepted Rite of Fremasonry that accepts women!

NO accepted lodge of Freemasons accepts women.

But what is interesting is that while the white Masons are largely dying off and going away, in the black communities, Masonry is on the rise! It has had a real rebirth in the last 2 decades and it hope will continue to live and thrive through new groups embracing it.

Many Lodges are on the rise, Prince Hall and otherwise.

Also consider that every PResident of the United States has been a Mason except Abe Lincoln and JFK, and until recently the same is true of Supreme Court Justices and Generals...

Not true in the least.

Sorry to nit-pick, I just get sick of all the misinformation about Freemasonry, especially that which paints us as outdated, malevolent or worse. (Not saying that was your motive.)