[sinkspur]

I don't, for the life of me, know how we got off into the Masons, except that Howling, in his obsession with all these conspiratorial "secret societies" introduced them, on this thread.

It's all silly, really, to attribute something sinister to the Skull and Bones. You guys sound like those goofy Democrat seminar callers on C-SPAN in the morning.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

No, it's not silly. It's gravely serious. John Kerry, an initaited member of the political secret society at Yale is promoting pro-culture-of-death social engineering. The church has a duty to investigate where his ideas come from and what sanctions should be taken against him. These are not innocent boy scout clubs as you protest.

[BlackElk]

Good points across the board as to Skull and Bones. It is not the Knights of Malta but it is hardly the satanic coven that opponents make it out to be. Membership includes former Senator and now US Court of Appeals Judge James Lane Buckley and his brother Bill Buckley, neither of whom are likely to be confused with servants of the AntiChrist. The membership also includes Cyrus Vance and others who might be. It is certainly not a religious group in any event.