GODF: No and again no. -
www.hiram.be/GODF-non-et-encore-non_a2799.htmlConvent of Lyon. The Delegates have voted no to two questions:
For or against the initiation of women?
For or against the affiliation of Sisters?
The sexual integration of lodges is thus rejected. The GODF is thus affirmed as a male obedience (51% in favor).
Friday, September 4, 2009
Jiri Pragman
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The Great East of France decides against the initiation of the womenwww.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5irv11EQZtHVko8nAFGc0hF9FFPPgLYON - the Great East of France decided Friday against freedom for its cabins to initiate women or to affiliate “sisters” of other obediences, at the time of his annual general assembly of Freemasons (general meeting) organized in Lyon, one learned at the GODF.
The question of the initiation of the women, the delegates of the 1.200 cabins of most important French maconnic obedience
“answered +non+ 56%”, indicated to AFP Gerard Contremoulin, responsible for the communication of the Great East.
Joined together behind closed doors, they also decided “to 58,7%” against the affiliation with the GODF of the women initiated within the female Big room of France or of the one of four mixed obediences of the French movement maconnic, he added.
The Main Large precedent of the GODF Jean-Michel Quillardet, heat in favour of co-education, was said “saddened” by the vote of the general assembly of Freemasons. “It is an undeniable, contrary retreat with the evolution of the company”, has it says to AFP.
The vote proceeded “without debate” insofar as the general assembly of Freemasons of last year had returned this question to the cabins, specified current Grand Master Pierre Lambicchi, renewed Thursday evening for one year, and which did not wish to express its personal position on the initiation of the women.
“Since 1974, of the Sisters our cabins as guests attend. But the Brothers seem to consider that there are necessary to remain +monogenre+ during initiation”, long “advance” where the apprentice-mason attends work of obedience “without having the right to speak”, Gerard Contremoulin deciphered.
Six women had begun their initiation last year within 5 cabins of the GODF, without authorization, which had been worth with the 169 master masons concerned a suspension by maconnic justice. “One very soon will rule on their situation”, continued Mr. Contremoulin. One of the tracks evoked, according to him, is that these women “carry on their way” within an obedience which admits them. “There already were problems of this type with Brothers +devenus of Soeurs+”, integrated by other obediences after their change of sex, it specified.
The general assembly of Freemasons brings together each year the delegates of the 1.200 cabins of the GODF, representing 50.000 members, to elect the Large Master or to renew it (three mandates maximum) and to discuss behind closed doors of the subjects in progress.