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The historic Daughters of the American Revolution (Dar) The organization denied a motion from local members to restrict biological men who identify as a transgender to join their ranks during the weekend.
Dar, currently Allows natal males To join their chapters throughout the country, policy has pointed out as a need to maintain its tax -free status. A local chapter in Texas challenged that premise with the help of the American Libertad Center (CAL), but the National Board of Management of DAR (NBOM) rejected the proposal to the national statutes in a vote on Saturday.
Laura McDonald, a member of the Martha Laird chapter to give the change, said Fox News Digital that is disappointed, but not discouraged.
“The rejection of the National Board of Management of our proposal to define a woman in our statutes sadly confirms what we knew all the time: that leadership is taking a political position that is not based on the fear of the loss of 501 (501 ( c) (3) non -profit state, “he said. “We are indebted to the American Libertad Center for your help to expose this truth. We will continue to fight for the truth.”
In January, Cal drafted a letter to giving Leadership, arguing that the policy to exclude home A non -profit organization exempt from taxes, according to a memorandum reviewed by Fox News Digital. In September 2024, the Martha Laird chapter, together with the support of 11 other chapters, presented an amendment of the proposed law to prohibit all men, including transdentifiers men, of the eligibility of membership to give.
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“A woman defines himself as a biological woman in the conception, who has natural X chromosomes, exclusive chromosomes and certified as a woman or girl in the original birth certificate,” said the proposed statute. “Nsdar and his chapters cannot discriminate against an eligible applicant.”
The historical daughters of the Organization of the American Revolution (DAR) denied a motion of local members to restrict biological men who identify as transgender to join their ranks during the weekend. (Getty images)
McDonald said his chapter has another proposal ready that will vote at his next meeting in March.
“The language of the new proposal will accommodate the concerns that NBOM addressed in its rejection letter,” he said. “We expect this process again in next year: our goal is to restore our iconic, historical and once prestigious American institution founded by women, for women and we intend to see it.”
According to a copy of the letter of rejection shared with Fox News Digital, the NBOM found that the proposed amendments “are not suitable for their inclusion in the statutes and not to be in the best interest of society”, and added that “the proposed one rejected Amendments in its entirety “and that will not be sent to the 134th Continental Congress.
The letter also said that the DA will continue depending on its “long data policy” to accept birth certificates certified by the State and will not introduce requirements for chromosomal DNA tests to establish the sex of a applicant.
“We will continue doing this every year until at least we obtain a vote in the continental congress,” McDonald Said previously Fox News Digital. “That is the only fair and transparent way to handle this.”
Cal argued, on behalf of the Martha Laird chapter to give in Texas, that the members of the organization have the right of the first amendment to exclude the transdentifying men of eligibility.
“To the extent that the state and local statutes of public accommodation can be interpreted to demand that the transdentifying men admit, such a requirement would probably violate the rights of the first amendment to give if the DAR determined that such a requirement would interfere with their Ability to advance your planned message, “says the memorandum.
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In addition, they argue that although non -profit organizations run the risk of losing their non -profit state if they act illegally or contrary to “national public policy”, it is unlikely to give, a genealogical association that Limit membership to native women, violates national public policy.
GIVE MARTHA LAIRD chapter. (Chapter Dar Martha Laird)
“As far as we know, IRS has never revoked the non -profit state of a sexual organization based on the fact that the organization excluded transdentifying men from the eligibility of membership,” says the memorandum. “In addition, giving men who do not identify as transgender eligibility.”
Dar was founded in 1890 as a place for women who share a commitment to honor the patriots of revolutionary war and promote historical preservation, since they could not join their male counterparts in the children of the American Revolution. Members must track their lineage for those who helped fight in the war for US independence.
“The fact that we have excluded men from our foundation … We should have lost our non -profit state for a long time or never have obtained it to start,” McDonald said.
In June 2024, the former member of Dar Brenda Becker spoke with Fox News Digital On his resignation of the organization in protest after the amendment of the statutes that say that the chapters cannot “discriminate against an eligible applicant based on the race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by the applicable law “, which leads to criticism that biological men who identify as transgender women could be part of the group. But Dar has affirmed that this was already the case.
“This is literally the epitome of gas lighting because, in the first place, they tell members that nothing has changed in their admission process since the beginning when we were founded in 1890, that only women are eligible for membership” Said McDonald. “But, then they continue to say that a man who says she is a woman is a woman and, therefore, is eligible for membership. But if you are a man who does not say she is a woman, you are not eligible for affiliation.”
The entrance to the daughters of the American Revolution headquarters in Constituted Hall is seen on June 6, 2017 in Washington, DC (Getty images)
The updated language was criticized for its vagueness, with Some members express confusion Last year about whether this would mean that transgender women could join. In a document entitled “Answers to the questions of frequent members about transgender women in giving”, which was shared with Fox News Digital, the leadership of the organization affirmed that transgender members were allowed to join.
Since the organization announced the amendment during the 2023 Dar Congress, more than 500 members and former members of the DAR have sent almost 3,000 messages to the leadership of giving discontent with the change of statute, according to the New tolerance campaign (NTC). The members against the change argue that unless the statutes are invested, they will be forced to share changing rooms, bathrooms and hotel rooms with biological men.
Becker told Fox News Digital that she and other women feel that they are being deceived, and added that it was ironic that one can join by using an altered birth certificate when the membership depends on precise biographical records. McDonald added that this was especially important because the organization has not allowed altered birth certificates to act as verification for admission.
“If you adopted a girl at this time, I could not use her altered birth certificate to enter, using my line, my biological line,” McDonald explained. “He would have to dig up his original birth certificate and jump through all these other rings that other applicants do not, to demonstrate their biological line.”
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