Happy Anniversary?
The one-year anniversary of the Halcyon dispute is approaching, and I’d like to take a minute to review what we’ve learned thus far during this year.
Not a whole lot.
The antagonists have been vocal; offering only abusive, irrational, illogical and incoherent babble in every statement made pertaining to the allegations of their former Grand Lodge, repeatedly obfuscating their own individual roles in the allegations. Furthermore, the antagonists have been accused of conduct unbecoming, due mainly in part to verbal volleys as well as resorting to obvious straw men, once they have been banned from further discussion on many boards and e-lists.
The protagonists, while sincerely attempting to research Light in the matter, have been verbally attacked. Unwarranted abuse has been heaped on some well-known and respected members of the online Masonic community, all for the asking of the simple question, “What really happened to make you choose this action?”
The Fraternity is known for its instruction to every supplicant to seek further light. The blemish this infighting and verbal abuse has caused the Craft has been more than ugly, it has been something that anyone seeking the Craft has seen and found troubling, to say the least.
While there remains no official position from the Grand Lodge of Ohio on the matter, there does exist a document that is available through the auspices of the Freedom of Information Act, and can be located by number online. While the actual document is not available to read online, you can, with a little know-how, obtain a copy from the courts. I am in the process of transcribing the said charges, and will be posting them online in another day or so.
The one-year anniversary of the Halcyon dispute is approaching, and I’d like to take a minute to review what we’ve learned thus far during this year.
Not a whole lot.
The antagonists have been vocal; offering only abusive, irrational, illogical and incoherent babble in every statement made pertaining to the allegations of their former Grand Lodge, repeatedly obfuscating their own individual roles in the allegations. Furthermore, the antagonists have been accused of conduct unbecoming, due mainly in part to verbal volleys as well as resorting to obvious straw men, once they have been banned from further discussion on many boards and e-lists.
The protagonists, while sincerely attempting to research Light in the matter, have been verbally attacked. Unwarranted abuse has been heaped on some well-known and respected members of the online Masonic community, all for the asking of the simple question, “What really happened to make you choose this action?”
The Fraternity is known for its instruction to every supplicant to seek further light. The blemish this infighting and verbal abuse has caused the Craft has been more than ugly, it has been something that anyone seeking the Craft has seen and found troubling, to say the least.
While there remains no official position from the Grand Lodge of Ohio on the matter, there does exist a document that is available through the auspices of the Freedom of Information Act, and can be located by number online. While the actual document is not available to read online, you can, with a little know-how, obtain a copy from the courts. I am in the process of transcribing the said charges, and will be posting them online in another day or so.
2 comments:
werwer
Checking the court house docket, the top named defendant, has been removed from the suit. Baker is gone too, and, and,..
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