| Comment | I think they are trying to say they are a religiously affiliated organisation but not really a religion in and of themselves. Like Freemasonry has some religious elements to it but I don't think most people would say Freemasonary is a religion. As far as I know the Orange Order does not have any restriction on what kind of protestant can join you could be Mormon, Quaker, Church of Scotland, Seventh Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witness, etc. So I am not sure they could really argue that there is some kind of cohesive religious belief system involved aside from being "not Catholic". |
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