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Members from across the country have reported that their state officers are actively working against them in their pursuit to bring the motion to endorse the proposal to amend the National Bylaws to their chapter.

There are also reports from at least two different states that chapters are being pressured to rescind their duly adopted motion to endorse the proposal.

Claim: Sending the proposal to amend the National Bylaws via mail or email and using your member directories is a violation of the Circularization and Communication Policy.

Click here to read a blog post about this.

Claim: This is political, and we can’t engage in politics.

THE CURRENT PROPOSAL MAINTAINS THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LANGUAGE passed in 2023!

The current proposal simply requires that applicants attest that the documents submitted are done so in good faith and that they are a true record of who the applicant claims be in terms of sex and parentage – how is this political?

Members, please don’t be confused by this tactic – it is quite the opposite of political. This proposal seeks to bring the DAR back to being non-political as it pertains to so-called transgenderism.

In fact, the DAR’s stance that a “A transgender woman is not a man; a transgender woman is also not a man simply dressed as a woman. A transgender woman lives and identifies as a woman” is a political statement.

Efforts to preserve the integrity of a genealogical society for women is not activism – on the contrary, the people advocating for men claiming to be women to be eligible members of the Daughters of the American Revolution are engaging in activism. PLEASE STOP AND THINK ABOUT THIS. IT IS NOW CONSIDERED ACTIVISM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN?

Snippet from Parliamentary Workshop taught by Tim Wynn, PRP September 11, 2025

Moreover, if the DAR is worried about being seen as political, why is there a P*ssy Hat in the DAR Museum? Not only is this a political statement, but the vulgar name of this item and what it represents has no place within the halls of the DAR. I wonder if the DAR Museum curators would feature a MAGA hat “sewn in America”?

Claim: The Call for the Special Meeting has received the requisite number of Chapters; therefore your chapter does not need to adopt the resolution.

Chapters that wish to call for a Special Meeting are doing so because they want State and National Officers to know that they support it! They want their voices heard.

At this point it is not about meeting the requisite number of chapters – it is about sending a message to State and National that members demand a fair and transparent vote on this issue.

Please don’t let the fact that we’ve received the requisite number of chapters dissuade your chapter from voting!

Claim: If your chapter votes to adopt the motion to call for a Special Meeting, you’re opening yourself up to a lawsuit.

The anti-discrimination language added to Article III, Membership, Section 1 in 2023 will remain with the current proposal to amend the National Bylaws.

Article III, Membership, Section 1 will remain unchanged:

“NSDAR and its chapters may not discriminate against an eligible applicant based on race, religion,
sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.”

According to National Officers, the language necessary to protect the DAR from a lawsuit remains intact.

The current proposal to amend the National Bylaws Article III, Membership, Section 2 reads as:

PROPOSED: Section 2. Admission. Admission to membership in the National Society shall be either through a chapter or as a Member-at-Large. a) The applicant shall submit all required documents in good faith, prepared in accordance with instructions established and distributed by the National Society, and accompanied by the prescribed fees and dues within one year, unless granted extension by the chapter. The applicant attests that her submitted birth certificate is a true record of her biological, female sex and biological parentage. Signatures of endorsement on applications are optional.

Claim: DNA Testing Will be Required.

The current proposal has no requirements for DNA submission. There is no extra burden placed on applicants with the current proposal.

Daughters, please do not be intimidated or coerced into doing something (or not doing something) that you feel is the right thing to do.

I ask again, why is there such a strong resistance from those in leadership against members and chapters who simply want to maintain honesty and integrity in the records of the Daughters of the American Revolution?

Claim: If Members Turn a Man With a State-Certified Birth Certificate Amended to Show a Female Sex-Marker, the DAR is Opening Itself up to Law Suits and Loss of 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Status.

DAR leadership has allowed the idea that excluding “transwomen” from the DAR will lead to lawsuits and/or the loss of our 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax status and taxation on properties in Washington D.C.

“Yes, if you voted… [turns back to ask a question] can I say this? [turns back to audience] I’m going to say it, yes, if their birth certificate says they’re female, and you vote against them based on…by their protected class – it’s discrimination.” – President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright, Transcript of Business Meeting, 132nd Continental Congress, June 29, 2023

“Let me answer that, if it’s okay, I’ll just answer straight on. Ok, the wording came from our counsel advising us that we need a public facing statement of how we do not discriminate to protect our tax-exempt nonprofit status and that also includes the tax-exempt status of many of your chapters if you are included under the DAR umbrella.” – President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright, Transcript of Business Meeting, 132nd Continental Congress, June 29, 2023

These were in responses to questions about men with amended birth certificates posed by a member and where the language in the amendment came from.

She later goes on to acknowledge in her FAQ sent out in Oct of 2023 to state and National Officers that:

#7 Q: If discrimination is illegal, then how can NSDAR and its chapters exclude men from membership?

#7A: In addition to being a public accommodation and employer, DAR is also a private membership association. Its membership policies are generally considered outside of the scope of anti-discrimination laws when membership is restricted to people who share a protected characteristic – in this case, women.

LEGAL MEMORANDUM SIGNED BY THE NOW ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, HARMEET DHILLON.

Claim: The DAR Will Have to Pay Property Taxes in the District of Columbia

According to our research, The Daughters of the America Revolution was granted tax exempt status on properties in Washington, D.C. by an Act of Congress on February 27, 1903 that states:

An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That the property situated in square numbered one hundred and seventy-three, in Washington City, District of Columbia, occupied by the Daughters of the American Revolution, be, and the same is hereby, exempt from all taxation so long as the same is so occupied and used, subject to the provisions of section eight of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, providing for exemptions of church and school property, and Acts amendatory thereof. Approved, February 27, 1903.

This was also done in 1922 and again in 1924.

Further research shows that 501(c)(3) nonprofit status provides for tax exemption of income tax and does not necessarily grant exemption of property taxes.

It appears that loss of property tax exemption and nonprofit status have been conflated and needs further research.

It would also appear that it would require an Act of Congress to repeal the property tax exemption granted to the DAR in 1903 and is not subject to revocation by the IRS.

Additionally, further research shows that the assertion that a $1.1M property tax bill “would cripple the ability of this society to carry out its mission…” is not true in that the DAR has current revenue of $35,000,000 with additional assets of $222,000,000.

Claim: The group advocating for restoration are just “discontented daughters” who are bigoted, spread hate, vitriol and are responsible for doxing of members and inciting death threats.

“A member or officer has the right that allegations against her good name shall not be made except by charges brought on reasonable ground. If thus accused, she has the right to due process – that is, to be informed of the charge and given time to prepare her defense, to appear and defend herself, and to be treated fairly.” RONR (12th edition) 63:5

The accusations made by state and/or national officers about members who advocate for restoration are done with no evidence and with a flagrant disregard for the reputation of members who simply wish to see the DAR restored to a women’s only organization according to Article XXI of the National Bylaws. These tactics are meant to intimidate and discourage members speaking about an issue.

Claim: The DAR is not “Woke” and the DAR is Not Driven by a Political or Ideological Agenda

If this is true then why did the now former President General put in writing, “A transgender woman is not a man; a transgender woman is also not a man simply dressed as a woman. A transgender woman lives and identifies as a woman.”

This tells us that this is politically and ideologically driven.

Claim: “The situation, the main problem with National passing a bylaw amendment that excludes transgenders, consider where we have our headquarters – in Washington DC.  I was instructed by the attorney for NSDAR, it is against the law to discriminate against someone who is transgender.  The EEOC on their website now lists transgenders as a protected class. ”
– Texas State Regent September 13, 2025

The EEOC stands for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and has absolutely nothing to do with membership eligibility of a private member association.

The Office of Human Rights for the District of Columbia defines “Gender Identity & Expression“ as “a gender-related identity, appearance, expression, or behavior of an individual, regardless of the individual’s assigned sex at birth.”

The Office of Human Rights for the District of Columbia confirms that “Gender Identity & Expression” are not listed as a protected trait for private membership associations.

Claim: If You’re Not Ok With a Man Who thinks He’s a Woman in Your Chapter, You’re unkind.

Claim: “Every person is a creation of God.  I don’t care if they are crazy.  They are still a creation of God.”

Claim: “We need to be kind to people and if you can’t be accepting and loving of that person for whatever reason then let them find a chapter that can be or let them join Member at Large.” 

Claim: “We need to be kind above all else.”

These claims are emotionally manipulative, made to shame members into compromising on truth and the integrity of our historical records.

The DAR is a genealogical society and has had strict eligibility requirements since its founding.

Why now are members asked to violate those membership requirements?

Should we not also be kind to women who are adopted by parents with a proven patriot? Why do we make them go through such rigorous hurdles to prove their eligibility in the DAR? Are they not a creation of God?

Should we not also be kind to women who cannot prove their lineage to a patriot? Are women who are not descendants of patriots not a creation of God? Why do we exclude them?

This is emotional blackmail used to manipulate members at the expense of truth and historic preservation.