Freemasons/ & Rosicrucians exist. But what I think Sally means is that they have temples that they calll lodges. Also we used to have one in Amman but it had to go underground, also a nice fact nearly every president of the USA has been a freemason, and a lot of rulers around the world ours included have ties to the freemasons. There are several books on the subject but one of the most comprehensive ones is: Laurence Gardner's "Shado of Solomon" excellent.
There are a lot of networking societies some that have esoteric connections others that do not, and the reason people are scared of them is that they are shrouded in mystery and so inspire fear.
O yes they can debate the whole thing but since a major part of our power elit are freemasons, the discussions will fizzle out.