 do the Masons only accept men or do they also accept women?
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Masons are for Men....
Order of Eastern Star is for Women and Men may belong to Eastern Star as well. Women must have some male relative that is a Master Mason to become a
eligible for The Order of Eastern Star.
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Be old enough, of good moral standing, showing good judgment and free of any criminal record, and go and ask them.
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I know they have ladies festivals. I have been to a couple, but most of the time it's just for men..
They are very secretive and wont let on about anything they do.
My Dad is a mason and I have asked him a few times about what their meetings are about and the secret handshake etc.... and he refuses to tell me.
Apparently a true Mason, never tells.
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There is a group of Masons in France called "Sarno" that accept women. I heard about them while visiting a lodge in Pennsylvania. They are not
accepted in the United States or most other countries as True Masons.
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They are not accepted by ANY Freemason Lodge or Grand Lodge, as Masons. They are just some club that call themselves "masons" like the
Co-opperative masons.
To be a Mason you swear among other things, to never be present at the initiation passing or raising of a woman.
So anyone who had been present at such, is effectively breaking their obligation --
-- which means goodbye Mr. Mason.
No Grand Lodges therefore can recognize such a lodge without being unrecognized themselves.
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