# Are You A Freemason?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-freemason/533283>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 21, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-freemason/533283 "2010-03-21T23:27:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-freemason/533283/41 "2010-03-25T15:14:23Z")

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> [@Anaamika](#):
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> Are non-whites even allowed/encouraged to join? Admittedly I’ve never thought about it and if I did I chalked it up to another old white boys club.

The Lodge I was asked to join in the U.K. had people of all races, but I don’t know what the case in the United States is.

I turned it down, as I had no interest in joining, and would quite possibly have been blackballed anyway.

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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-freemason/533283/42 "2010-03-25T17:47:07Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> [edit]Her vagina. Not that I can actually see it, per se.[edit]
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> Well, the title asks one thing and the body asks another, so you’ll forgive my confusion.

Well, she fessed up anyway. Probably afraid you’d find a way to spy on her vagina. 😃

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-freemason/533283/43 "2010-03-25T17:51:20Z")

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If not, it won’t be for lack of trying.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-freemason/533283/44 "2010-03-25T17:52:29Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> Folks, I am not a Freemason. I am --and this is true!-- a Stonecutter. I singlehandedly hold back the electric car.

I can believe that, but I doubt that you keep the Martians under wraps.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-freemason/533283/45 "2010-03-25T20:58:57Z")

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I’ve been taught to be cautious about answering this kind of question…

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-freemason/533283/46 "2010-03-25T21:29:35Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> I can believe that, but I doubt that you keep the Martians under wraps.

Of course not, that’s my job.

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