South Carolina H 5584: Amber Capehart Teacher of the Year

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2025-2026 Bill 5584 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 23, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5584

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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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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