Perhaps Boehner is a Freemason and he really meant it as a compliment to Cruz. Masons believe Lucifer is a good guy.
Hogwash. That’s a myth.
My wife worked for the Masonic Home in Des Moines, WA for several years before it closed. I volunteered and drove the bus on many outings. The minister they had was very conservative and his sermons were very traditional. He was definitely more fire and brimstone than fuzzy bunny. He was a great and inspirational speaker.
I was invited to join multiple times, but had too many other obligations with family, and other volunteer activities t consider it. We weren't allowed in any of their secret squirrel stuff, but I certainly never saw any outward signs of devil worshipping. Although I will admit some of their ceremonial stuff seemed a little creepy.
A lot of our founding fathers were either Masons or had close associations with Masons or Freemasonry. So I am not convinced that it is some type of cult.
•John Adams - Spoke favorably of Freemasonry — never joined
•Samuel Adams - (Close and principle associate of Hancock, Revere & other Masons
•Ethan Allen - Mason
•Edmund Burke - Mason
•John Claypoole - Mason
•William Daws - Mason
•Benjamin Franklin - Mason
•John Hancock - Mason
•Thomas Jefferson - Deist with some evidence of Masonic connections
•John Paul Jones - Mason
•Robert Livingston - Mason
•James Madison - Some evidence of Masonic membership
•Paul Revere - Mason
•Colonel Benjamin Tupper - Mason
•George Washington - Mason
•Daniel Webster - Some evidence of Masonic connections