States findings of the Legislature and recognizes Mother's Day through Father's Day as Traditional Family Values Month to raise awareness about the challenges facing traditional families and the alarming rate at which the traditional American family is declining.
SCR111 is a nonbinding concurrent resolution that states legislative findings about the importance of traditional families and designates the period from Mother’s Day through Father’s Day as “Traditional Family Values Month” in Idaho. The resolution frames the traditional family as a mother, father, children, and extended relatives, and it includes a series of findings asserting that such family structures promote child well-being, social stability, economic efficiency, and better outcomes in areas such as education, health, crime, and poverty reduction.
The resolution also breaks the month into themed weeks celebrating motherhood, sons/brothers/uncles, grandparents, daughters/sisters/aunts, and fatherhood and marriage between a man and a woman. It encourages communities, schools, churches, businesses, corporations, and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to participate in observances recognizing traditional family values. Because it is a concurrent resolution, it does not create or amend statutory law, impose regulatory requirements, or appropriate funds; it is primarily an expression of legislative sentiment and public policy preference.
SCR111 does not change Idaho statutes or create enforceable legal obligations. Its practical effect is symbolic: it places the Legislature on record supporting a specific definition of family and encouraging public and private entities to observe a month-long celebration tied to traditional family roles and values. The resolution may influence state messaging and future policy debates, but it does not itself alter rights, duties, benefits, or agency authority under Idaho law.
The available vote history suggests the resolution had majority support in the Senate, passing third reading 27-7. The bill text itself is strongly affirmative and celebratory toward traditional family structures, and the lack of committee transcript material limits insight into detailed debate. Overall, the sentiment appears favorable among supporters who view the resolution as a recognition of family stability and child welfare, with some opposition likely centered on its ideological framing and exclusionary language.
The main points of contention are the resolution’s explicit endorsement of a “traditional” family defined as a natural mother and father, its celebration of marriage between a man and a woman, and its reliance on broad social-science claims to support those conclusions. Critics may object that the resolution elevates one family model over others, including single-parent, blended, adoptive, and same-sex families, and that it uses moral and religious language in a legislative finding. Supporters, by contrast, appear to argue that the resolution simply recognizes the social benefits of stable two-parent families and encourages community support for children and families.