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Tennessee Designates June as ‘Nuclear Family Month’, by Elise Winland – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Elise Winland, Zeale News, June 1, 2026

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, signed a resolution designating June 2026 as “Nuclear Family Month” in the state, declaring that the nuclear family — defined as one husband, one wife, and their children — is “God’s perfect design for humanity.”

Lee signed the measure, HJR 182, on April 9. It states that the nuclear family has “been the bedrock of society since the creation of the world” and has served as the “basic building block of Tennessee’s society throughout her formative years” and helped foster prosperity within the U.S.

The resolution cites data linking fatherlessness and unstable family structures to higher rates of poverty, substance abuse, mental health and behavioral issues, suicide, and incarceration of children and youths. It also cites a 2016 study by psychologist Peter Langman on 56 school shooters, saying 82% of the shooters were raised in an unstable family environment or without both biological parents together. …

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