Needless to say, in the land of the free, being a Mason is not only public knowledge, it is widely advertised. Lodges have massive signs up outside, you can get masonic bumper stickers, and a bloke I interviewed just last week had a masonic ring on that would have made the Archbishop of Canterbury blush, it was so big (I've always admired the Archbishop's ring). Much is made of the charity aspect, no real emphasis at all on the goatskin apron and anal intruder aspects.