Why should a Brother, who is in good standing with the Grand Jurisdiction and his home lodge, who petitions a lodge for plural membership be subjected to the same “standards” as a man petitioning for the Degrees of Masonry. At a minimum it should take more than a single black cube to disqualify him. I think a background investigation a…
Why should a Brother, who is in good standing with the Grand Jurisdiction and his home lodge, who petitions a lodge for plural membership be subjected to the same “standards” as a man petitioning for the Degrees of Masonry. At a minimum it should take more than a single black cube to disqualify him. I think a background investigation and a vote by the sign of a Mason should be enough. We had a Brother in my district, who is in good standing, who was appointed to be a DDGM, twice petition a lodge for plural membership and twice was rejected. A single brother who had an unresolved conflict with the petitioning brother kept him from gaining membership. Of course this created a lot of hard feelings that were unnecessary.
I understand what you are saying, but I wonder if that unresolved conflict and hard feelings wouldn't be made even worse if the men were both made members of the same Lodge.
Why should a Brother, who is in good standing with the Grand Jurisdiction and his home lodge, who petitions a lodge for plural membership be subjected to the same “standards” as a man petitioning for the Degrees of Masonry. At a minimum it should take more than a single black cube to disqualify him. I think a background investigation and a vote by the sign of a Mason should be enough. We had a Brother in my district, who is in good standing, who was appointed to be a DDGM, twice petition a lodge for plural membership and twice was rejected. A single brother who had an unresolved conflict with the petitioning brother kept him from gaining membership. Of course this created a lot of hard feelings that were unnecessary.
I understand what you are saying, but I wonder if that unresolved conflict and hard feelings wouldn't be made even worse if the men were both made members of the same Lodge.