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Originally posted by aephi alum
The Masons are not anti-Catholic or pro-WASP. To be a Mason, you do have to believe in a God of some description, but you don't have to be of a particular faith. My husband, for instance, is a Mason and is Jewish. The prohibition against Catholics becoming Masons came from the Catholic Church, not the Masons.
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And the prohibition (which included excommunication!!) was because the Masonic organization/beliefs goes against the teachings of the Catholic Church. This would make it anti-Catholic. . .