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From: IqJEqlOzj
Date: 27 Apr 2012
Time: 10:36:35 -0700
Remote Name: 83.133.110.36
Fred, its not that Freemasons cannot talk poiitlcs, as you well know. We just can't talk poiitlcs or religion in the Lodge. We can talk about it among ourselves if we wish outside of the Lodge (although this seems imprecautious given what I'm about to say). This rule needs to continue to apply, especially when the debate today is so polarizing and our membership certainly is comprised of people on both sides. We are there to meet as human beings, and the benefit of the Lodge is that in the middle of heated discussion in society at large, where it seems now completely within bounds to dehumanize the other side, Freemasonry provides a place where they can still meet as fellow humans.