Editing John Glenn (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Annie and John Glenn 1965.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Black-and-white photo of the Glenns|Annie and John Glenn in 1965]]
Glenn and Annie had two children—John David and Carolyn Ann—and two grandchildren,{{sfn|Kupperberg|2003|p=31}} and remained married for 73 years until his death.<ref name="dispatchobit" />

A [[Freemasonry|Freemason]], Glenn was a member of Concord Lodge No. 688 in New Concord, Ohio.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/spacemason/index.html | title = Space Masons  | website = Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon | access-date = October 13, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180627173539/http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/spacemason/index.html | archive-date = June 27, 2018 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.stjohnslodgedc.org/famous-masons | title = Famous Freemasons in the course of history  | website = St. John Lodge No 11 F.A.A.M. | access-date = September 30, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151116030150/http://www.stjohnslodgedc.org/famous-masons | archive-date = November 16, 2015 | url-status = live}}</ref> He received all his [[Masonic ritual and symbolism|degrees]] in full in a [[Mason at Sight]] ceremony from the [[Grand Master (Masonic)|Grand Master]] of Ohio in 1978, 14 years after petitioning his lodge. In 1999, Glenn became a 33rd-degree [[Scottish Rite]] Mason in the Valley of Cincinnati ([[Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction, USA|NMJ]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.matawanlodge.org/famous.htm | title = Celebrating more than 100 years of the Freemasonry: famous Freemasons in the history  | website = Mathawan Lodge No 192 F.A. & A.M., New Jersey | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080510153526/http://www.matawanlodge.org/famous.htm | archive-date = May 10, 2008 | url-status = usurped}}</ref> As an adult, he was honored as part of the DeMolay Legion of Honor by [[DeMolay International]], a Masonic youth organization for boys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freemasonsfordummies.blogspot.com/2016/12/illus-brother-john-h-glenn-jr.html|title=Illus. Brother John H. Glenn Jr|author=Christopher Hodapp|publisher=FreemasonsForDummies.com|access-date=December 15, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221042331/http://freemasonsfordummies.blogspot.com/2016/12/illus-brother-john-h-glenn-jr.html|archive-date=December 21, 2016|date=December 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2012/02/on-this-day-in-history-astronaut-john_20.html |first=Todd E. |last=Creason |author-link=Todd E. Creason |title=On This Day in History : Astronaut John Glenn Rockets into History |publisher=The Midnight Freemasons |date=December 8, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304114800/http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2012/02/on-this-day-in-history-astronaut-john_20.html |archive-date=March 4, 2017 }}</ref>

Glenn was an ordained elder of the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian Church]].{{sfn|Kupperberg|2003|p=96}} His religious faith began before he became an astronaut and was reinforced after he traveled in space. "To look out at this kind of creation and not believe in God is to me impossible", said Glenn after his second (and final) space voyage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/12/08/in-outer-space-john-glenn-saw-the-face-of-god/|title=In space, John Glenn saw the face of God: "It just strengthens my faith"|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 8, 2016|access-date=March 27, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305211002/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/12/08/in-outer-space-john-glenn-saw-the-face-of-god/|archive-date=March 5, 2017|last1=Zauzmer|first1=Julie}}</ref> He saw no contradiction between belief in God and the knowledge that evolution is "a fact" and believed evolution should be taught in schools:<ref>{{cite news|title=John Glenn Says Evolution Should Be Taught in Schools |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/20/john-glenn-evolution_n_7343168.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310191231/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/20/john-glenn-evolution_n_7343168.html |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |newspaper=HuffPost |date=May 20, 2015 |access-date=May 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> "I don't see that I'm any less religious that I can appreciate the fact that science just records that we change with evolution and time, and that's a fact. It doesn't mean it's less wondrous and it doesn't mean that there can't be some power greater than any of us that has been behind and is behind whatever is going on."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://religionnews.com/2016/12/08/as-astronaut-senator-and-presbyterian-john-glenn-saw-no-conflict-between-beliefs-in-god-and-science/|title=Astronaut, Senator and Presbyterian John Glenn saw no conflict between beliefs in God and science|agency=Religion News Service|date=December 8, 2016|access-date=March 27, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305015330/http://religionnews.com/2016/12/08/as-astronaut-senator-and-presbyterian-john-glenn-saw-no-conflict-between-beliefs-in-god-and-science/|archive-date=March 5, 2017|last1=Miller|first1=Emily McFarlan}}</ref>
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