Florida Freemasonry kicks out the pagans

[onyxtwilight]

The Grand Master of Florida Freemasonry has declared that Pagans (and agnostics and gnostics) can't be Masons and must resign.

The question has arisen if certain religious practices are compatible with Freemasonry, primarily Paganism, Wiccan and Odinism, and secondarily Agnosticism and Gnosticism. 
[reasoning trimmed for space, see the link]

Comments

[effloresense]

Each state of Freemasons is autonomous too, so there is no appeal higher, but it also doesn't specifically affect the other states.

Still, that Grand Master is a douchecanoe. And wrong. From everything I've been told at least.

[faelandarach]

Umm, he realizes we're sort of already doing Freemason-ish rites, entirely without his (or anyone's) permission, right? lol

[glenmarshall]

I guess one quasi-religious organization with a mostly fictional past cannot tolerate including members from other such organizations.

[shades_of_nyx]

And, he's just -wrong-.
I personally know Masons who've sworn their oaths on Liber AL, the Mabinogion, and no book at all.

[jasminewind]

My most recent knowledge about Masons comes from a historical fiction series I read. In there, there is quite a bit of emphasis on how Masons are not supposed to discuss religion or politics in lodge, and the role that Masons had in smoothing relations between Protestants and Catholics in Britain in the wayback times. Guess the grand master guy from FL didn't read that series. Shame, it had some good sex in it.