The Daughters of the American Revolution will continue to allow gender-confused men to join, following a recent vote.
Over the weekend, the Congress voted 1,481 to 984 against a resolution that would affirm the “daughters” of the American Revolution did not include so-called “transdaughters,” according to the New York Post. The organization was founded in 1890, the year after the “Sons of the American Revolution.”
Critics have raised concerns about the vote, which required every member to vote one at a time and effectively canceled the positive festivities that were supposed to be the focus of the annual gathering.
Bethany Mandel reported for the NY Post:
The congress’ initial vote was scotched before it was counted, when opponents of the measure claimed to have seen evidence of cheating.That launched a lengthy and convoluted second vote that required thousands of women to cast ballots one at a time — in a process that stretched for roughly 12 hours. Delegates, many of them elderly, were effectively confined to the convention hall with only two bathroom breaks and no food service if they wanted their votes to count.
Mandel reports that at most, five men want to join the 19,000-member organization. Yet the vote has upset members who pay dues and buy merchandise, both of which keep it running.
Others allege that leadership has told members to stop advocating against the inclusion of gender-confused men.
“Ginnie Sebastian Storage, Daughters of the American Revolution President General — and a strong supporter of transing DAR — sent a note to members telling them that the vote against transing DAR failed, and everybody needs to accept it and move on.,” Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway wrote on X. “Many chapters are enraged.”
https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/2071384310024642656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Hemingway said the organization’s leadership “quietly changed the bylaws to say that men could join Daughters of the American Revolution.”
In her comments to Fox News, she highlighted the irony of a group that is based on biological and historical fact allowing men to join just because they change their birth certificate.
Hemingway also said that leadership made questionable claims that the organization had to allow men in or face legal repercussions.
https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/2071947774526951638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/2071950356204990735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[Featured image via screenshot of DAR YouTube video]
Matt Lamb currently works as an associate editor for The College Fix. He also contributes to a variety of websites, including Legal Insurrection, Human Life Review, and AMAC Newsline. His work has been published by The Federalist, Townhall, and The Daily Caller. He has worked for Students for Life of America and Turning Point USA.
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