A lot of politicians tend to belong to secret societies, should this be aloud, as no servant can serve two masters.
Should it be a stringent rule that no one can stand for any election if they are or have been involved with any secret society.
2007-08-11 06:43:25 · 13 answers · asked by Apollo 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
If it's secret, then how would anyone know about it?
2007-08-11 13:00:53 · answer #1 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 11⤊ 0⤋
The correct spelling of the word is, "allowed"! However, many individuals from both of the major political parties have traditionally belong to some secret or semi-secret society, especially if one considers Freemasons, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and other organizations, like the Benevolent & Protective Orders of Eagles (BPOE), the Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent & Protective Order of Moose Lodge, Knights of Columbus, John Birch Society, etc., to be secret societies, along with the more insidious ones like The Bilderbergers, Skull & Bones, Tri-lateral Commission, Breton Woods Group, etc.
I have heard that every U.S. President except JFK has been a member of a Masonic Lodge; however history books indicate that many, including Mr. Washington, were nominal members, at best. In fact, at one time there was an Anti-Masonic Party active in American politics, although I'm not sure if they ever had a candidate elected to the US Senate or House of Representatives. Robert Byrd(D-WV), is a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, as was the late Strom Thurmond.
JFK, of course, could not be a Mason because the Roman Catholic Church forbids it; but he might have been a Knight Templar.
Lately, I've heard that Condi Rice and some other Bush, 43 Cabinet members have joined the CFR, which the two Clinton appointees to the US Supreme Court, Stephen G. Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg belong, as well as former Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor.
I'm afraid it just isn't possible to keep members of secret societies out of political office!
2007-08-11 11:40:05 · answer #2 · answered by trebor namyl hcaeb 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They aren't secret, everyone knows about a few at least. They are just good at hiding in plain sight. Some secret societies have good intentions behind them, some do not, and there is lots of data available to make your decision to not elect or elect based on that information.
2007-08-11 07:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If by secret you mean religious secret, then yes he should be allowed. Since there's absolute freedom of religion in the U.S. If it's a bad, or proven evil society, then no. But being it SECRET anyhow, how can we really know about it? And even more, that a certain politician belongs to it?!!!
2007-08-11 07:40:33 · answer #4 · answered by 1-2informationalways 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
What a LOADED question, and a GOOD one. I think if you do some research you will find that every single one of our Presidents belonged to (or belong) to a secret society........one is the Masons...one is the Illuminati.....one is the Skull and Bones Society.........check into it...........I think this is pretty awful.
2007-08-11 09:11:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Jefferson and John F. Kennedy both spoke out against secret society's , it really depends I guess on what the secret society is about .
2007-08-11 06:52:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A politician has the same constitutional rights as every other citizen. We all are allowed freedom of association. 14 of our Presidents have been Masons. The skull and bones club is full of politicans.
2007-08-11 07:46:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
this question really can not be answered
if it is a secret society,,we will not know about it,, how could we do anything about it
if they belong to a group that has secret rules or handshakes,,then that is different
but can they work for Macdonald's or coke cola,,they have secrets also ( some more protected than our government ones)
dont know where you are going here but appears to be trash to me
2007-08-11 07:17:54 · answer #8 · answered by daorangejello 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Since the membership of many of these societies are secret, how are we to know who belongs to these secret societies?
2007-08-11 06:49:19 · answer #9 · answered by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
NO.. then they'll only meet the agenda of the secret society not the majority
2007-08-11 07:14:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Aloud" means that something is audible to everyone around. Or to speak openly as in to "talk aloud".
"Allowed" means to be granted permission or leeway to pursue a course of action. "Should any politician be allowed to be a member of a secret society?"
Get your spelling right and I'll answer your questions.
2007-08-11 07:07:42 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋