>>During my career as a Mason I have met many great men, but my affiliation with the >>fraternity has also included associations with men whose behavior is so bad that they have >>been arrested, and put in prison. How many Masons are expelled or suspended each year >>for what is clearly non-masonic behavior? That is not an experience of …
>>During my career as a Mason I have met many great men, but my affiliation with the >>fraternity has also included associations with men whose behavior is so bad that they have >>been arrested, and put in prison. How many Masons are expelled or suspended each year >>for what is clearly non-masonic behavior? That is not an experience of my non-Masonic life. >>When I reflect on that issue I am forced once again to return to the West Gate. Who are we >>letting in?
I share your disappointment with the volume of suspensions and expulsions we face each year, and with our seeming unwillingness to guard our West Gate. If we hope to see Freemasonry survive and thrive, we must get that under control. We must stop allowing unsuitable men into our Lodges. We must remember that a single unsuitable man will drive good men away in droves.
We can do it. We just have to decide to do better.
>>During my career as a Mason I have met many great men, but my affiliation with the >>fraternity has also included associations with men whose behavior is so bad that they have >>been arrested, and put in prison. How many Masons are expelled or suspended each year >>for what is clearly non-masonic behavior? That is not an experience of my non-Masonic life. >>When I reflect on that issue I am forced once again to return to the West Gate. Who are we >>letting in?
I share your disappointment with the volume of suspensions and expulsions we face each year, and with our seeming unwillingness to guard our West Gate. If we hope to see Freemasonry survive and thrive, we must get that under control. We must stop allowing unsuitable men into our Lodges. We must remember that a single unsuitable man will drive good men away in droves.
We can do it. We just have to decide to do better.