Grand Lodge’s inward-looking resolutions focus on flags,marriage and a one-sided shared future?
The outward march on the Twelfth of July leads each Orange lodge to ‘the field’. As well as picnics, burger vans, bouncy castles and stalls, there is a service of worship and speeches. A set of resolutions compiled centrally by the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland are read out at each field. The resolutions give an insight into what’s occupying the minds of the Grand Lodge. This year the first two resolutions cover The Faith and Loyalty, acknowledging religious freedom …