Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 116
CHAPTER 154
Relative to honoring the family.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
October 02, 2001.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 116, Bill Campbell.
California Family Month.
This measure would recognize November 2001 as California Family Month.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, The family plays a key role in establishing a foundation of values and morality in individuals, and, consequently, in developing responsible citizens; and
WHEREAS, It is within the family that individuals, as family members, learn right from wrong, and learn how to be kind to others and how to love one another; and
WHEREAS, The family is our most important social institution; and
WHEREAS, Today’s society is at risk of abandoning the heritage that was passed on to us by our parents, resulting in the breakdown of the family and in cultural decline; and
WHEREAS, It is becoming increasingly difficult for families to impart standards of ethical behavior to their children and to pass on a cultural heritage for the benefit of humanity; and
WHEREAS, The President of the United States of America and the United States Congress have traditionally declared a week in November as National Family Week; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, and children be encouraged to join together as a family to protect and nurture each other to ensure the tremendous blessings that are a result of having a family; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature commends the mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters that have shown the discipline necessary to preserve a code of moral and ethical behavior by maintaining strong families; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature directs the attention of the public to the positive contributions to the people of California by the family; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes the month of November 2001 as California Family Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.