A concurrent RESOLUTION

 

TO designate the month of June 2026 as "Family Month" and join with the citizens of South Carolina to commend the noble endeavors of those who seek to protect and strengthen the traditional values of our state and country.

 

Whereas, the family, consisting of one husband, one wife, and any biological, adopted, or fostered children, is God's design for familial structure and has been the bedrock of society since the creation of the world; and

 

Whereas, the family was the basic building block of South Carolina's society throughout her formative years; and

 

Whereas, families built the United States of America and created prosperity within our nation; and

 

Whereas, fatherless families are four times more likely to live in poverty than married-couple families; children without fathers are ten times more likely to abuse chemical substances; children from fatherless homes are more likely to have mental health and behavioral issues; sixty percent of youth who die by suicide are from fatherless homes; seventy-one percent of high school dropouts are from fatherless homes; fatherless youths are twenty times more likely to be incarcerated; eighty-five percent of youths in prison come from fatherless homes; and in a 2016 study by Peter Langman that analyzed the psychology behind fifty-six school shooters, eighty-two percent of the shooters were raised in an unstable family environment or without both biological parents together; and

 

Whereas, South Carolina's values do not align with the humanistic, globalist ideologies of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and like-minded organizations that promote population control through the means of promoting sterilization and abortion practices; and

 

Whereas, the family is the foundation of God's perfect design for humanity and should be protected because it is where children are trained in the disciplines and responsibilities that make liberty possible; and

 

Whereas, opponents of American liberty have long attempted to dismantle the family, including Karl Marx who wrote in the Communist Manifesto that the goal of his collectivist movement was not only to abolish private property but to abolish the family; and

 

Whereas, the family as a God-given institution remains under attack in our beloved State and nation, and it is our responsibility to uplift, protect, and support values that help South Carolina prosper. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

 

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, designate the month of June 2026 as "Family Month" and join with the citizens of South Carolina to commend the noble endeavors of those who seek to protect and strengthen the traditional values of our State and country.

 

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