Judge Blocks DAR Bid to Disband 84-Year-Old Texas Chapter Over Membership Fight
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 9
Judge Blocks DAR Bid to Disband 84-Year-Old Texas Chapter Over Membership Fight
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 9
Summary
A judge issued a temporary restraining order stopping the Daughters of the American Revolution from disbanding its Martha Laird chapter in Texas while the lawsuit proceeds.
The dispute centers on the chapter’s effort to exclude transgender women from membership; national DAR leadership voted on Oct. 10 to dissolve the chapter, citing bylaw violations.
DAR said the action was not based on members’ views but on the chapter’s use of DAR’s name, leadership and governance to advance a separate advocacy organization’s objectives.
The Heritage Foundation’s Legal Action Center, representing the chapter, called the order a victory and argued national leaders were punishing members for pursuing a bylaw change through DAR procedures.
The fight follows a September 2024 proposal backed by 11 other chapters to amend DAR rules to bar all men, including trans-identifying men, from eligibility.