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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: 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?
Moreover, if the DAR is worried about being seen as political, why was 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 proposal has received the requisite number of endorsements; therefore your chapter does not need to endorse.
Chapters that wish to endorse the proposal 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 chapter endorsements – 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 endorsements dissuade your chapter from voting!
As long as the NBM can claim that only a few chapters have endorsed, they can keep rejecting the proposal.
Claim: If your chapter votes to adopt the motion to endorse the proposal, you’re opening yourself up to a lawsuit.
Ladies, please don’t let this be a reason to shy away from doing what is right!
As Daughters of Patriots we should evaluate our lineage and remember that we come from those who fought for freedom at the expense of their very lives.
We claim to be Daughters of the American Revolution – and yet we’re afraid of potential litigation? And at the expense of the very fundamental aspect of our Historical Women’s Society?
As a reminder, The Center for American Liberty has actively been working with us!
We are Daughters of the American Revolution. We should not be afraid to take a stand because of any potential repercussions.
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.
Claim: If your chapters adopts the motion to endorse, or if your chapter does not rescind your duly adopted motion to endorse, then your chapter will not receive any referrals or prospective members and will not get help with applications.
What happened to the duty of a regent to maintain impartiality? (see Texas State Regent Susan Johnston’s email).
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?
We have heard over and over that it is for fear of losing our tax status and/or being sued.
However, with the current cultural climate, along with decades of precedent in keeping our society a women’s-only-society, is this really the reason?
Ask your State and National Officers this question…
“If there were absolute assurances that the DAR would maintain its 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax status if trans-identifying males were excluded as eligible members, could we then have a vote at Continental Congress to do so?”
You will quickly learn that this is not the reason – their response will be something like “No, because we don’t want to be seen as discriminatory and non-inclusive.”
So I ask, why even bring up the nonprofit status? The answer is to intimidate members who would otherwise take action to exclude these men.
If the DAR wants to be inclusive, then that is what we should vote on in a transparent way, yet the NBM will never let this vote make it to the floor of Continental Congress… why?
The 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.
Daughters, please – think for yourself!
Do not let anyone tell you something that is not true and expect you to nod and go along!
The very future and integrity of the DAR is at stake.
If we don’t do what it takes to restore and preserve DAR then we don’t deserve to keep it.