Guiding Principles

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The Grand Orient of the United States of America Guiding Principles

Our cause is the intellectual, spiritual, and social advancement of humanity. To accomplish these aims we have established the following guiding principles for Free-Masonry:

1. Freedom of conscience of all people as an essential component of liberty, equality, and fraternity

2. Separation of religion and government, and the promotion of religious and spiritual tolerance among all people

3. Freedom of the press as a necessary component of maintaining the inalienable rights of all human beings

4. Higher education and life-long learning

5. An impartial judiciary system as essential to guaranteeing the preservation of human rights

6. The arts and sciences as essential elements in the progress and evolution of humanity

7. Global environmental and ecological sustainability as essential to the survival of the human species