What is the difference between the Knights of Columbus and the Freemasons?
(by Kevin Butterfield, The Washington Post, January 3, 2018)
On Dec. 21, the Catholic News Agency reported that two Democratic senators — California’s Kamala Harris and Hawaii’s Mazie Hirono — had asked Brian Buescher, a U.S. District Court nominee from Nebraska, whether his membership in the Knights of Columbus would prevent him from being an impartial judge.
Harris expressed concern that the Knights of Columbus — a Catholic fraternal organization founded in 1882 that she called “an all-male society comprised primarily of Catholic men” — had taken public positions on issues of reproductive rights and same-sex marriage that might compromise Buescher’s judicial decision-making. Hirono wondered if Buescher would quit the organization if he was confirmed.
These are troubling questions, but not, as some have asserted, because they represent a 21st-century version of America’s centuries-long tradition of anti-…
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