[LibFreeUSA]

Is it supposed to be a ‘religious’ or ‘political’ association?

You can’t have it both ways, and expect to attract people from all walks of life to a ‘political’ organization, unless you just want to attract “Christians” only.

Just an observation.

[Little Ray]

The DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution, is NOT political.
And why they would want to attract heathen is a mystery to me.

[null and void]

Is it supposed to be a ‘religious’ or ‘political’ association?

It is supposed to be a patriotic association.

[muawiyah]

The DAR is not necessarily about the here and now ~ that sort of thing is just fluff to attract the young ~ the under 65 set you know.

In reality the DAR is about a past, and about the American Revolution, and the creation of the nation itself. That's far removed from fluff, but it's more important than the propaganda, and the programs to attract the young.

I'd have to say NO CHANGE. Let me go further, the folks behind this change should be tarred, feathered, and ridden out of town on a rail.

BTW, many of the old patriotic groups used to have a rule that the honored ancestors they were descended from had to be married. When it came to Maryland a researcher demonstrated they'd had something like 70 publicly recorded marriages in the century prior to the Revolution. That didn't prove the folks weren't married, but it wasn't reported.

I think all of them have subsequently changed the marriage rule realizing it couldn't be proven, nor was it necessary ~ a patriot is a patriot no matter what the legal status of his parents.

At the same time the common religious tradition of almost all the patriots and soldiers was Christianity ~ that included the Oneida who served as Scouts with the New York militia, and with the regular continental army as well. We know that because they had Christian names ~

[ilovesarah2012]

It is supposed to be an organization based on the history of the United States, which includes a large dose of Christianity. Maybe I missed all the muslims who fought for our independence. I get so tired of these PC idiots who think they can rewrite our history. If these other religions want to celebrate their history, let them start their own organization. America is being destroyed piece by piece by these people. It is no accident that people like this are in high places these days.