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