Gordon Prentice (MP for Pendle) exposes his craftaphobic prejudism

In my earlier post I may have spoken to soon, it appears. There is some residual prejudicies based on negative and harmful stereotypes of Freemasonry. Gordon Prentice (MP for Pendle) asked the question:

"Is it not a disgrace that you have decided to allow judges no longer to have to declare if they are Freemasons?

Which is, of course, a leading question parading as overt prejudism. Quote taken from:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/anger-at-cloak-of-secrecy-for-freemason-judges-1818043.html

Yorkshire Evening Post Article

An article on Freemasonry in the Yorkshire Evening Post.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/Dr-Robert-Lomas-The-Da.5802904.jp

Craftaphobia on the decline?

Jack Straw has announced that Judges will no longer be required to register as Freemasons. After a considerable amount of time being singled out (persecuted?) for their membership of a harmless fraternity it is good to see this has finally been revoked.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/law/2009/11/morning-roundup--2.html

Freemasons shake off ruling on judiciary

Some good news, for a change:

Prospective judges will no longer have to declare if they are Freemasons, the government has announced .
For the past 11 years, anyone applying to be a judge or a magistrate for the first time had to declare on an application form whether they belong to the Freemasonry.

For the rest of the article, visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/05/freemasons-judges-magistrates-review-policy

The Catholic Church & Freemasonry

Unfortunately the Catholic Church continues its misguided antagonism towards Freemasonry:

http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=34763&page=1

I am deeply saddened that an institution that traces its roots back to Saint Peter cannot entertain the notion that Freemasonry is a secular fraternity. Freemasonry does not offer a route to salvation as the author claims.

The Lost Symbol: Truth or Fiction - Channel 5 Documentary

Yet another journalistic hatchet job?

http://www.five.tv/articles/the-lost-symbol-truth-or-fiction

I am much heartened by the website http://www.whatdoestheinternetthink.net/ I put the search term 'Freemason' in and it came up with the following response:

That's 96% favour of Freemasonry. As my research on www.freemasonrytomorrow.com shows analysis of pubic relations was previously 80% against.