This June, Tennessee is saying goodbye to LGBT pride month and hello to “Nuclear Family Month.”
On April 9, Gov. Bill Lee signed a joint resolution enacted by the Tennessee Legislature designating June 2026 “Nuclear Family Month” – a counter to pride month when individuals, companies, governments and celebrities often proclaim themselves “allies” of LGBT pride and family redefinition.
The resolution defines the nuclear family as consisting of “one husband, one wife, and any biological, adopted, or fostered children” that is “God’s design for familial structure and has been the bedrock of society since the creation of the world.”
The Tennessee House passed House Joint Resolution 182 in a 72-18 vote; the state Senate approved the resolution in a 26-4 vote. While the resolution was originally intended for June 2025, the state Senate did not pass the bill until this year. An amendment changed the resolution to take effect for June 2026.
The resolution highlights the harms that result when the nuclear family is ruptured:
- Fatherless families are four times more likely to live in poverty than married-couple families.
- Children without fathers are 10 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 suicides are from fatherless homes.
- Seventy-one percent of high school dropouts are from fatherless homes.
- Fatherless youths are 20 times more likely to be incarcerated.
- Eighty-five percent of youths in prison come from fatherless homes.
- Eighty-two percent of school shooters are raised in unstable family environments or without both biological parents together.
The resolution rejects the “humanistic, globalist ideologies of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and like-minded organizations that fight for population control through the means of promoting sterilization and abortion practices.”
“The nuclear family is God’s perfect design for humanity and is aligned with the long-held traditional values of Tennessee,” the resolution continues. “The nuclear family is under attack in our beloved State and nation, and it is our responsibility to uplift, protect, and support values that help Tennessee prosper.”
While the resolution doesn’t have any substantial legal effect, it does express the will and mind of the Tennessee Legislature on a very crucial matter.
Tennessee’s courageous and bold effort to replace pride month with “Nuclear Family Month” rightfully draws attention to the institution responsible for building societies: the nuclear family – married men and women and the children they create. Every other state in the union should follow Tennessee’s lead.
This June, “pride month” may still garner more attention with cultural elites, large corporations, the media, influencers and celebrities in their attempt to be “inclusive” and appease LGBT activists. Christians know that the God-ordained institution of the nuclear family is what deserves positive praise and attention.
Daily Citizen is a news division of Focus on the Family that provides a faith-based perspective to counter the mainstream media’s anti-Christian bias.
