ALEXANDRIA -- A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit by a George Mason University fraternity that claimed its constitutional rights were infringed when it was expelled from campus for hazing ...

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We’re a fraternity that’s trying to teach men to be more moral men. Chris kept mentioning the Shriners; in order to become a Shriner, you have to become a Mason.

It was in 1858 that the organization moved into what became known as the Masonic Hall building -- its first permanent headquarters -- at 416 N. Main St. The Masons paid $20 per month to rent the ...

For Freemasons, Is Banning Gays Or Being Gay Un-Masonic? Freemasons are best known for their secrecy, but they are having a very public dispute — about a ban on gay members.

Though the fraternity is seen to outsiders as enigmatic and exclusive, there are few rules to becoming a Mason: One must be a man, believe in a deity and join the brotherhood by his own free will.

George Mason University’s intramural fields filled with soccer players on Saturday afternoon, all in support of a fundraiser put on by the school’s Kappa Phi chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

Catholics are still forbidden from joining Masonic organizations and, with an increasing number of Catholics joining Masonic lodges in the Philippines, the Vatican has urged the nation's bishops to ...

Masonic fraternity is believed to have come from stonemasons’ guilds during the Middle Ages, with the first Grand Lodge formed in 1717 in England, according to the Geneva Masonic Lodge’s ...

Home Culture & Life Features Elks, Shriners, and Masons: How 'old man' frats got their names and symbols The elk, it turns out, is a most distinctly American animal ...