I have an uncle, who passed, who was a shriner. I know nothing of this organization back then but knew it is wrong to take a secret oath. Which I told him and my relationship with him was never the same after I said that to him.

My uncle wasn't a shriner, but a freemason. He was in church every single Sunday and worshipped God wholeheartedly. The men below that generation in the family were not interested in joining.

Didn't know that about shriners. Bye Bye Birdie, the musical, features a shriner meeting where Rosie dances and things get pretty wild. Broadway programming.