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Tuberville, Britt cosponsor bill to protect Daughters of the American Revolution membership standards
['Evy Gallagher']
Yellowhammer News
Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) are backing legislation that would bar biological men from joining the Daughters of the American Revolution, pushing back on the group’s recent move to open membership to biological men.
The Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act, introduced by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), would amend the DAR’s federal charter to add an eligibility requirement limiting membership to women who otherwise meet the organization’s existing genealogical and membership standards.
“There’s a reason the founders of this group named it the DAUGHTERS of the American Revolution,” Tuberville (R-Auburn) said.
Blackburn said the organization’s founders would be appalled at what it’s become.
“The Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act would amend the DAR’s federal charter to stop the organization from erasing biological reality and ensure it is reserved for the real daughters of the American Revolution.”