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Give how Evangelicals have bowed to the golden statue (or maybe that is an orange statue?) I'm not at all sure the being an evangelical now isn't synonymous for most with being a right wing GOPer. There seems to be little separation.

It has come to be used as a political term, because that's how most of those who are considered "leaders" among Evangelical churches get identified. But for the most part, when they are seen in public, they are speaking politically.

LOL. You are imagining things Ed about defensiveness about Freemasonry. I just know that Masons do not collect stats on how Masons vote so anything you say about how we vote would only be the Masons you know personally, that is a pretty small sampling, unless you've become quite involved in the fraternity yourself and haven't told me.

Masons don't talk about either politics or personal religion in the context of the lodge. So, most of the time, I have no idea how fellow Masons vote. There are exceptions. Senator Charles Grassley is a member of the same Scottish Rite Valley where I have my membership in Des Moines. I can look up how he votes.

As an aside, Baptists who are Masons at times need to be a bit on the defense for their own well being, particularly clergy who are Masons. United Methodists clergy don't. We haven't gone through the anti-masonic issues that the SBC had a number of years ago. The officers Masonic lodge in Sioux City around the corner from my church where majority members of my congregation. The year I was Master, all but two of the officers attended my congregation.

So perhaps Evangelicals are getting a bad rep because of the racial bias of commentators to their left.