not stop the initiation until it was evident that the two were dying and the lodge physician was unable to revive them. Benefits and philanthropy The LOOM has historically supported numerous charitable and civic activities. It has sponsored medical research for muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, cancer and cardiology, as well as the March of Dimes. It has also supported Boy Scout and Girl Scout programs. Moose distributed a recruiting video, filmed in 2000, called "Unbelievably Cool". Independent, Benevolent and Protective Order of Moose In 1925 the LOOM brought a suit against the Independent, Benevolent and Protective Order of Moose, an African American order. They attempted to obtain a legal injunction to keep them from using the Moose name, ritual, emblem and titles of its officers. The New York Supreme Court found that the evidence presented by the Loyal Order of Moose was inadmissible, and it found in favor of the Independent, Benevolent and Protective Order of Moose. In another lawsuit heard by a Maryland Circuit Court, the Loyal Order of Moose sued the Independent, Benevolent and Protective Order of Moose, saying they had infringed on its intellectual property by using the word moose in its name, by using the moose in its emblem, and by having similar rituals. The court found that the two organizations' emblems and part of their rituals were virtually identical, and the court estrained the African American order from using the word moose in its name. The court allowed the Independent, Benevolent and Protective Order of Moose to continue using the same fraternal titles and colors. The IBPOOM was an unrelated all-African woman order. Religious objections By 1966, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and the Wisconsin Synod forbade membership in the Loyal Order of Moose. The Catholic Church, however, has never explicitly objected to the Moose, despite having condemned similar organizations, such as the Freemasons, for their oaths and other rituals. Papal Encyclicals, specifically Paragraph 9 of Pope Leo XIII's 1884 encyclical: Humanum Genus, condemn any and all Freemasonic organizations and sects and bans the laity from becoming members. Notable Moose members Presidents Warren G. Harding – U.S. President—Marion, Ohio: Lodge 889 Franklin D. Roosevelt – U.S. President—New York City: Lodge 15 Theodore Roosevelt – U.S. President Harry S. Truman – U.S. President Other politicians Evan Bayh – Former U.S. Senator/Governor of Indiana—Elkhart, Indiana Lodge: 599 Robert C. Byrd – U.S. Senator—Beckley, West Virginia: Lodge 1606 Tom