French freemasons vote against mixed lodges

[jason]

PARIS, Sept 10, 2007 (AFP) - France's top Masonic order has decided against admitting women to its nearly 250-year-old organisation, a leading member said Friday.
Some 1,200 delegates at the annual meeting of the Grand Orient de France (GODF) rejected a proposal by Grand Master Jean-Michel Quillardet to open up the lodges to women, said Guy Archizet, a member of the governing council.




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[pingpong abyss]

That isn't much of a surprise. Aside from the various orders that are connected with the freemasons which admit women, I'm fairly sure that there aren't any that actually allow women to become masons themselves, anywhere.