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Two states have proclaimed June as “Fidelity Month” while many other states, along with much of corporate America and American culture, recognize LGBT pride month.
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In a proclamation signed last week, Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Sanders declared June 2026 as “Fidelity Month,” highlighting the role of faith in the founding of the United States and Arkansas.
“Cultivating fidelity to God, family, community, and country contributes to human flourishing and supports a healthy, stable, well-ordered society,” she proclaimed.
“Practices that encourage virtue, commitment, responsibility, and shared moral foundations strengthen both individuals and their communities,” she wrote. “Fidelity Month provides an opportunity for residents to reflect on and renew commitments to these shared values and institutions.”
Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox also issued a proclamation recognizing Fidelity Month. The proclamation expresses concern with recent opinion polling finding that support for traditional values among Americans “has significantly declined.”
“A majority of Americans no longer esteem values like faith, family, patriotism, or community involvement,” Cox’s proclamation stresses, defining fidelity as “dedication to faith, family, and country.”
“The survival of the United States depends upon the shared bonds of faith, family, and patriotism,” he added. “It is fitting to observe one month each year to rededicate the United States to its core values.”
Robert P. George, a conservative Christian scholar and the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, established Fidelity Month after coming across a 2023 Wall Street Journal poll revealing what he described as “a precipitous decline in our fellow Americans’ belief in the importance of such values as patriotism, religion, family, and community — the values that used to unite Americans despite our many differences.”
George said Fidelity Month is an effort to “restore the faith of our people and begin to heal the dreadful division” in the U.S.
On Fidelity Month’s official website, George describes it as a “grassroots movement” that is “dedicated to the importance of fidelity to God, spouses and families, and our country and communities.”
While Arkansas and Utah are the only states that have explicitly recognized Fidelity Month, other states are also attempting to differentiate themselves from the cultural push to promote LGBT pride month. In a proclamation signed Friday, Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey declared June as “Strong Families Month.”
In a proclamation issued Monday, Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun recognized June as Nuclear Family Month. Indiana’s move comes after Tennessee announced earlier this year that it would recognize June as Nuclear Family Month. A resolution approved by the Republican-controlled Tennessee Legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee in April also recognizes June as Nuclear Family Month.
Meanwhile, the Democratic governors of Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Wisconsin have all issued proclamations recognizing LGBT pride month.
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This article was originally published at The Christian Post. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Sarah Huckabee Sanders, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=186650483.
