The Grand Lodge of Iowa votes « Non !» to Ephesse

A l'intention d'Ephesse 1er (nickmane in good pubs near Great Queen Street: Frankie the Liar) et d'Al CANO (l'arithméticien émérite d'entre Nive et Adour), il faut en retenir que:

- la GLNF est sur la "liste noire" de la GL d'IOWA pour au moins 12 mois!!!

- au cas où Ephesse 1er et son zombie Al CANO voudraient minimiser la portée de l'événement en regardant de hau la GL d'IOWA, il est est rappelé qu'elle a été fondée en 1844, compte 283 loges regroupant  21 700 Frères (le spécialiste des chiffres Al CANO nous dira peut-être que s'ils avaient pratiqué sa technique des loges "consanguines", la GL d'IOWA devrait compter 3 fois plus de Loges...

From last Wednesday 14^th to Saturday 17^th September the Grand Lodge of Iowa held its 167^th annual Communication, a 4 day long Grand Lodge Conference.

From the blog of Chris Hoddap, renowned American author on Freemasonry :

"GL of Iowa Suspends GLNF Recognition

According to reports from the annual communication, the Grand Lodge of Iowa AF&AM has joined the growing ranks of grand lodges worldwide that have temporarily suspended recognition of France's Grande Loge Nationale Française (GLNF) over its growing list of internal struggles.

GLNF has lost at least 600 lodges so far over the problems, and GM Stifani continues to cling to his position like a great clinging thing.

I've lost count, but Iowa's action, I believe, pushes the number of GLs suspending recognition of GLNF to over 20 now."

LML in English contacted M.W.B. BillCrawford, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, who confirmed the "temporary suspension of recognition of the GLNF". He informed me that the reversal of that decision can only be made by the Lodge delegates to the Annual Communication, which does not meet for another 12 months. So the GLNF is on their black list for at least that period.

In case Ephesse 1st tries to play down the importance of this decision, the GL of Iowa was constituted in 1844 and today it numbers 283 Lodges with 21700 Brethren.

By Winnie

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