Joseph Smith was a Mason, slated to be the NY leader.
NY Masonic Lodge voted in the affirmative to allow blacks into membership.
Joseph Smith railed against it.
Left Masonry and started his own version of Masonry among supporters in NY with him as leader.
(Oh, and the Klan is an offshoot of Masonry, too.)
Sauce has been “memory holed” since the Trail of Tears to maintain their “victims of non-Christian bigotry”. Supporting Smith’s assertion of “religion”.
Masonic fellowship had repeatedly asserted they were a (pan) religion with 1st Amendment rights.
They ARE, to this day, treated as a religion among many institutions of society.
(Kinda like the “kindly version” of Islam)
My sauce comes from my childhood neighbor, 27th level and state wide office holder (historian) in Masonry.
He was also a mason who would hire me to mix his grout.
Masonic fundamentalist.
So, we see a tie with Mittens but, I need to dig around in the way back machine.
A well known media personality interviewed Obama early on (during campaign or early administration) and there is a capture of them using a Masonic handshake on camera.
Some discussion was had here on FR regarding that symbolism (Obama asserting 2 levels above the interviewer).
I gotta look in the WBM.
Chris Matthews.
Can’t find video of opening (Hard Ball tour).
Lots of clips, no opening moments showing the handshake.
So, we see a tie with Mittens but, I need to dig around in the way back machine.
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