My dad was a Mason and I was always interested in becoming one. Then i found out my plumbing made me ineligble. I used to read a lot of historical fiction and one book was set just before and during the Revolutionary War with a woman as one of the heroes and she became a Mason, secretly of course.

So I'll bet you can tell how I feel about this article. If they really are trying to bring the Masons into the 21st Century with an open door policy, shouldn't that include women?

I find that an organization that has a separate branch for women is almost always a token program at best and patronizing at worst.

Besides, too many high pitched voices set me on edge.