[uglybiker]

There, Masonry is a very political, anti-religious movement that has frequently allied itself with left-wing intellectual movements to attack the Catholic Church in particular and Christianity in general.

Those are groups not recognized by the United Grand Lodge of England (yes, the initials are UGLE) which traces its history back hundreds of years, and are considered clandestine. Lodges recognized by the UGLE, the origional Masons, are strictly apolitical. Because of the tremendous range of religious and political views of the members of any given lodge, religion and politics are not discussed.

[livius]

Thanks - the English lodges are no doubt the origin of US lodges. Continental lodges seem to have been quite different, but this wouldn't have affected most American Masons, I imagine.