Since former President Bill Clinton declared June as “Pride Month” in 1999, the Left has taken extreme liberties to promote LGBTQ ideology. Families are forced to proceed with caution when going out in their communities lest they see lewd pride parades, obscene book displays or drag queen story hours in libraries, pride flags, or children’s clothing and toys promoting alternative sexual lifestyles. Enough is enough! At Eagle Forum, we celebrate June as “Fidelity Month” — a time to declare “fidelity to God, our spouses and families, our communities and country.” This alternative to Pride Month encourages faithfulness rather than promiscuity, unity rather than division, and morality rather than indecency.
Princeton University Professor Robert George founded the movement four years ago after reading how in recent decades, the commitment to religion, family, and country has weakened. The American Survey Center found that less than 49% of Americans feel like their life is meaningful. That number decreases when someone is unmarried, non-religious, and has less formal education. From 2007 to 2023, Pew Research Center found that the number of U.S. adults who consider religion as “very important in their lives” decreased from 56% to 38%. On a positive note, from 2023-2024, there was a 4% increase in the importance of faith, likely due to the younger generation (Gen Z) becoming more religious. Americans are searching for purpose in their lives, and there is a clear correlation between the principles that Fidelity Month promotes with a fulfilling life. “As human beings, we all find fulfillment not in selfish pursuits but in the steadfast bonds we form with others,” Professor George has stated.
“Fidelity to another person is the highest gift someone can give or receive. To express fidelity requires humility, because a faithful person recognizes that someone or something is more important than himself. Fidelity is a pledge of truth to another human being. Fidelity is also to pledge allegiance to our country,” Anne Schlafly has written, while, “the opposite of fidelity is pride. Pride is expressed in self-gratification, unconcerned with anyone other than selfish desires. Pride is egoism.”
The Fidelity Month website suggests many things we can all do to promote Fidelity instead of Pride: put out a statement. Write a letter to the editor. Ask your church to put it in the bulletin or newsletter (they provide sample bulletin inserts). Put the Fidelity logo on your social media profile (available here). Hold an event on the importance of any of the values we need to restore — fidelity to God, our families, and our country. Most importantly, come to Eagle Council 54 in Nashville on September 24-26, where we will not only be educated on current issues, but will celebrate our fidelity to our Declaration of Independence and our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You can register here.
The Fidelity Month movement is hosting a 2026 Kickoff Webinar — Fidelity at the 250th on June 5th from 1-2 pm EST with Professor George, Ben Carson, and others. You can watch on their YouTube channel here. In addition, we are encouraged to join all Americans in the Fidelity Month Day of Prayer and Fasting on June 24th by setting aside time wherever we are to rededicate ourselves and our nation in fidelity to God — the source and summit of all fidelity.
In addition, this year the Fidelity Month organization is conducting an essay contest for rising high school juniors and seniors. To enter, students will write 700-1000 word essays about the importance of faithfulness — even when it’s challenging and unpopular — to the basic values that unite Americans: faithfulness to God, our spouses and families, and our country and communities. The winning essays will receive scholarship awards in the following amounts: First Place: $3,000; Second Place: $2,000; Third Place: $1,000. In addition, the winning essay will be published on The Witherspoon Institute’s Public Discourse online magazine. Essays can be submitted between June 1 and July 31, 2026. Encourage your children and grandchildren to participate in this wonderful contest. More information, including the essay prompts, can be found here.
This Congress, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced a resolution to designate June as Fidelity Month for the purpose of rededicating the United States to the values of faith, family, and patriotism (S.Res. 277). The resolution acknowledges that Americans have placed less importance on these principles, which has corresponded with the “rise in crime, drug abuse, alienation, and family disintegration.” Sen. Lee issued this statement:
America’s success hinges on the values of faith, family, and patriotism. Celebrating Fidelity Month this June, we stand against a tide of moral relativism, a culture which increasingly revolves around serving one’s self, rather than our duty to others. Loving families and faithful marriages must be a guiding star for our society and a cornerstone of our communities.
Other members of Congress are offering alternatives to Pride Month. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL) plans to reintroduce a resolution to declare June as “Family Month.” Her resolution acknowledges the critical role that married mothers and fathers play in rearing children. The language also discourages the delaying of marriage, divorce, and legislative policies that encourage cohabitation or welfare while penalizing married couples through taxes. Last year, she penned an op-ed in the Daily Wire saying:
Proverbs 16:18 says, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
Pride leads to destruction, and nowhere is that more clear than in the abandonment of the family. Pride in rebellion against God’s design for marriage, sex, and parenthood will only bring further harm to our country, our culture, and our children…
For this reason, June should be recognized as Family Month, a time to celebrate, strengthen, and support the American family. While the Left uses June to glorify pride in sexual identity and gender confusion, we must reclaim this month to honor what truly sustains our nation: mothers and fathers raising children in loving homes.
If you need one more reason to celebrate, the 4th anniversary of the overturn of Roe v. Wade occurs during the month of June. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in a 6-3 decision to give the American people a stronger voice on abortion. States were previously limited in their ability to enact stricter laws on terminating a pregnancy. However, the new decision gave states the same power as the federal government on this issue. A total of 753 abortion clinics have shut down since the decision, saving thousands of unborn lives. As we remember this landmark ruling, we must also continue to support moms and their babies while working against the chemical abortion industry.
Fidelity, family, and life are all intertwined creating a thriving nation. There is no better time than during the 250th anniversary of the United States to promote these values. If you would like to learn more about Fidelity Month, you can visit their website here to access social media graphics, flyers, posters, model legislation, and sermons. To help change policies at the national level, we must elect leaders who champion life, family, and country. Visit Eagle Forum PAC’s website here to see who we have endorsed so far, where candidates can seek an endorsement from our PAC, and links to donate. And please make plans to join us for Eagle Council 54 on September 24-26 in Nashville. Registration is now open! Click here for more details.