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Daughters Of The American Revolution Betrays Its Mission By Rejecting Resolution To Keep Its Ranks Female

Some members have vowed to continue the fight to keep the organization all female.

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The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), one of the largest patriotic women’s nonprofits in the world, betrayed its female-centric mission when it voted Friday to reject a resolution that would protect the organization from infiltration by males with altered birth certificates.

The resolution to limit membership to women, defined as “born female,” was defeated on June 26 in a 1,481 to 984 vote at the society’s 135th Continental Congress at Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C.

The results ensure that, instead of keeping membership eligibility to “Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution,” the DAR will continue to permit men who meet the organization’s genealogical requirements and have a modified birth certificate to join chapters across the U.S. The defeat comes just one week ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Laura McDonald, treasurer of the Martha Laird DAR chapter in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and founder of the Daughters Advocating for Restoration, an organization dedicated to protecting the DAR’s female-only membership, told The Federalist that the voting members were told “the DAR does not have a First Amendment Right to define membership eligibility,” even though the Center for American Liberty previously confirmed that the DAR “would have a strong First Amendment defense” for limiting membership to women.

“By not providing an alternative opinion, we feel as though our officers’ Fiduciary Duty to make sure members are informed was........

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