Utah Drops Pride Month For "Fidelity Month"

Pride Month Gets Replaced in Utah Governor Cox declares June "Fidelity Month." Why Did Spencer Cox Suddenly Change Sides? Governor Cox's SHOCKING 180° Turn - What happened?

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So, of all things, Governor Cox of Utah declares June Fidelity Month. You talk about a transformation in a politician.
This is incredible. I I don't think I've ever seen a turnaround. I mean, 180
degree turnaround in a politician uh ever in in in that I can remember.
Did he start to see the light somewhere?
Was it all political expediency? Did he see or read the tea leaves in a in a new form, a new light? Of course, it's
welcoming news and great for him. He joins Arkansas as declaring a fidelity month instead of a pride month and other
red states that have declared June nuclear family month. I think it's effective. pride seems to be dwindling a
bit, so there may not be as much pressure. But this guy, I don't know what to think about him. I I just don't know. I I covered him closely early on
1 minutein his campaign the first time around, the second and and going into his governorship. Uh I I'll go that I'll go through this.
There are several issues that came up showing just who he was. And now he seems to have made a 180° turn for the
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All right, Governor Cox, what a turnaround. Uh we'll go through the history of what he's done here during
June as he has been governor in the state of Utah. It is uh this is by far the most bold that he has been in the
month of June. is actually the opposite and I would say very bold in the sense of going against the c the state's
culture previously. Very different from what he's doing today. I'm going to cover that. We're going to see some of
the things he did early on in his governorship in the state of Utah. But
here in the Desireet news covering this, the headline says Utah governor declares June Fidelity Month. This is shocking I
think as as red states find conservative alternatives to pride month. Now why is this such a big deal? Why is this so
different? The reason is is because his history in June is very different from this back in 2021.
In June, right, he he makes the the consistent uh regurgitated
words and phrases in support of Pride Month. Uh he says, "We must encourage relevant and vital conversations about
what it means to love one another, understand our differences, and support our LGBTQ plus friends and family members." I mean, nothing, you know, too
out of whack here. The proclamation that he said also stated, "Members of the LGBTQ plus community who do not feel
loved and accepted experience higher rates of mental cha health challenges." So, this was really a push in this area
that uh that that especially in the state of Utah that people were talking about because there was was certain data, there were
certain surveys that were put out and so this was the reasoning behind Pride Month. Of course, Pride Month is not
just about reaching out to LGBTQ individuals. It is a political movement.
It is a political movement and in many regards, sorry, in many regards it is anti-family.
And so that's that's why the change is so welcome here in 2021.
Uh he also said this should not be controversial in Utah. He's saying this should not be controversial. There
should be nothing controversial about supporting a group of people in our state who have historically felt marginalized. So that was his tone going
into uh being being governor here. And by the way, one thing you'll remember uh about President that's probably what he
wants to be, but Governor Cox is that be when he was campaigning, when he had won, before he ever was sworn in as
governor, he had signed a big DEI proclamation um declaring, you know, DEI as a very
important principle for the state of Utah. Right? So that's who this guy is, right? He was also funded. His number
one uh funder the the highest fun donations given on a public statement in
his campaign the first time around was from the NEA, the National Education Association.
There is no group that is more culty politically than the NEA, the largest
labor union in the country. And they had the largest donation to him. Why would the NEA support Governor Cox?
Think about that. There are only a couple of conservative, you know, uh, Republican governors. I won't call them conservative, but a couple of Republican
governors that the NEA supported and Governor Cox was one of them, right?
Just some context on him coming into office. And then 2022, uh, he refers to LGBTQ plus at Utons and
repeats the same concerns about mental health. In 2023, it starts to get a little different and uh he's removed all references to the LGBTQ plus people.
References to mental health challenges among the LGBTQ plus youth are removed.
And the declaration instead focuses on more general themes such as inclusion, belonging, and kindness. This is interesting because this was going in
during the whole time that BYU was dealing with the DEI statements and how they were going to handle that on their companies, right? All of the the the
owned companies that the church had, their DEI stuff was all over the place, all over for their front pages, their all their web pages, it was everywhere.
But at BYU, they took a turn on that. They did create uh uh uh what they would call a
diversity and inclusion panel. All right. They won't use the term equity.
BYU and the church do not use the term equity. I think that that my guess is that is a push from Elder or now President Oaks. Um I I don't know that.
Secondly, they when they had the panel and that was done, it became the office of belonging. So, very different
verbiage here. And here you have in 2023 talking uh Governor Cox talking about
inclusion, belonging, and kindness. So, you can kind of see the shift there. And I'm just wondering if there is a little bit of influence there, right, on on how he sees things. 2024 and 2025.
Cox stopped issuing a traditional Pride Month proclamation and instead described June as a month of bridge building.
In 2025, he stated, quote, "This June, I'm reflecting on the values that bring us
together here in Utah." So very big turn on what he was
very very exuberantly supporting early on in his governorship. He said also in
2025 to those celebrating pride and to all Utons may we keep building bridges of understanding and strive always to
see the humanity in one another. Okay, I think that's a good statement. But in 2026, this year
he goes all the way to the other side, right? and he declares June as fidelity
month. He joins Arkansas so far now as as proclaiming declaring
June as fidelity month. There are a few other red states that have declared June
as the nuclear family month, but uh it's I think it's just Utah and Arkansas that have gone with the fidelity month. So,
it's a very notable contrast from where he was before. I want to go back to this article in the Desireette News and see
what it has to say here. Uh, and this is important to see. Governor Cox, this is the subtitle. Governor Cox calls for
return to family, faith, and country instead of Pride Month declaration.
There is a contrast here, right? And that and we need to see that. It is it is faith, family, and country, which you're not going to see at a pride
parade. And it is pride month. It is secularization and the dissolution of
family and anti-atriotism for the most part. Not completely, right? Against faith, family, and
country. And and that is the change. So, hallelujah, Governor Cox. I think that's fantastic. It's a big change and a
welcome change. Just a very interesting one.
Brigham Tomco. Let's get his name right here. Yes, Brigham Tomco. Tomco is the writer here for this
article in the Desireette News. It says Utah Governor Spencer Cox declared June 2026 fidelity month calling for a return
to America's core values as Republican le states across the country issue various proclamations in reaction to
Pride Month celebrations. Right? They're making these changes. Now, the question is, why did the red states go with it before? And you know why they went with
it before? Because they were bullied into it. They were bullied into it. And the environment at the time for
for these red states were they were going to get hammered if they didn't go along with this because federally they had done this at the national level
starting back with Bill Clinton in the '9s. Uh they they felt that they had to make this compromise. Uh they they
should have never given into this, but they did. But now they're they're they're coming to their senses here.
Utah joined Arkansas in endorsing Fidelity Month, a movement promoted by conservative scholar Robert Gray George.
Robert George is out of Princeton. And we can see this is a a Fidelity Month.com. This is what it's all about.
You can see who's involved here. Here's Robert George of Princeton University.
You've got Erica Bakyoki or I think that's right Bakyoki of ASU right here in my backyard. Dr. Ben Carson, Deborah
uh Goldman of Ethics and Public Policy Center. So, they've got some people that are involved here that are probably lobbying these states to move away from
Pride Month and move to Fidelity Month, which is fantastic. The initiative Fidelity Month urges Americans to
rededicate themselves to principles of God, marriage, family, country, and community. And here are the other
states. Tennessee, Alabama, and Indiana proclaimed June as nuclear family month, underscoring the role of traditional
families. Oklahoma declared June life month, committing to support unborn humans from conception. So, there is
definitely a right turn in a number of these states. These are red states to begin with, but in terms of the month of June, there's definitely been quite a
big turn here. And nothing has turned around more than the governor who was supporting it with everything he had
starting off. Governor Cox. It's also good to note that the Trump administration
announced for the second year in a row that June will be known as quote title N month, which is referring to the 1972
civil rights law banning discrimination in public funded schools on the bias of biological sex. Why is that? That's because of going into bathrooms, right?
It's mostly keeping males out of women's bathrooms.
And so that's what they do. what they're doing at the federal level.
Interestingly enough, it was President or it was Governor Cox early on in his
reign in Utah that supported or did not support bills
that would keep boys out of high school and and junior high and elementary school gyms for girls or or or bathrooms for girls. You remember that, right?
That was what that was back in 2021 2022 I think it was trying to remember the name of the bill and and the number but it was uh Governor Cox vetoed it. He
said no and and he gave his reasons but but the bottom line was he did not want it. I wonder if that same bill if it as
it was presented would would be changed today. I think there's other bills that have gone through uh in in covering the
same types of things because again looking at Governor Cox I mean massive change in what he supports. Now notice
this paragraph here but in 2024 ahead of a competitive primary election in June this is what
everything changed for Governor Cox completely. He completely changed his platform and his approach. He must have
completely severed ties with certain groups that had supported him getting into office originally. And you know who
I'm talking about. It's not just the Democrats and leftaning organizations that were helping him get
in, but it's the kind of like the Mwe, what is a Mormon Women for Ethical Government. those types of organizations
that that are really pushing a a left-leaning agenda in the name of morality and ethics and and yes to some
degree as much as they can using Mormon Mormon women right for the for ethical government using religion using the LA
the LDS name as as using the LDS name in essence
uh are more of a a they're a slight a hand type of organization and they've
been very successful in the Salt Lake in moving women and men over into this camp
of of left-leaning issues. The paragraph here says, "But in 2024, ahead of a competitive primary election in June,
Cox stated his past declarations had turned into a lightning rod for more division and hurt." So, he's seeing this
very differently. The governor instead declared June a month of bridge building. Right? So we went over that.
That's where the change started to happen in June. And and and then going to American founding principles, right?
And and and the fathers here. Cox's declaration, this paragraph says, defines fidelity as dedication to
family, family, and country. Founding fathers like John Adams, this is basically what what Cox was saying. Like
John Adams believed the US Constitution was made for a moral and religious people committed to these values. Cox
said, "It's kind of nice. You've got all of this June base that's building up toward the 4th of July." Even KSL,
this was surprising to me, ran with the same article. You can see this here. This is by the same guy, Brigham Tomco.
It's the same article that is placed here on ksl.com.
That's a little surprising. Why? Why the shift? Why the change here? And of course with the Salt Lake Tribune, well, they're going to hang on to their
bonafides as a very le left-leaning and and anti-church publication. You're going to get the
exact opposite here of of of a tone and what is being said. They go over a few of the same things that the that Tomco
went over in his article, but then start talking about the, you know, what what the LGBTQ community is saying about it.
Makes sense, right? They're showing the other side. For example, for example, Project Rainbow Utah criticized Cox's declaration, writing in a statement,
"It's disappointing that a governor who makes disagree better," remember the whole disagree better thing, his calling
card is so openly dismissive of perspectives than other than his own.
This is this shows you the hypocrisy of the disagree better focus.
The disagree better focus is basically taking taking Utah, a conservative state, and saying
change. I want you to change and you can disagree better by compromising on these other values. That's all disagree better
was. I mean, yes, it's couched in this idea of peacemaking, right? And and it's
it it basically means compromise. that that's what it's trying to say. And that's why it's brought up by a
left-wing organization here because they're not disagreeing better.
They're not compromising to and and bowing to these other forces.
All right, I want to go to a an episode that I did many years ago on Governor Cox and the positions that he was taking
at the time. So, I want you to get an idea just of what the turnaround here is and and how he started out. Let's take a
look at this. Now, a new video has surfaced with Governor Cox giving his preferred pronouns to kids. Let's listen to that again.
Okay, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. I am Governor Spencer Cox and I have the pleasure today of hosting the
first one Utah student town hall and uh my preferred pronouns are he, him, and his. I believe in helping young leaders
learn and grow by listening to them and providing platforms to share their voices.
Leading with equity and inclusion starts at a young age. And the students that are joining us today have shown great leadership through their academic
achievements and uh and civil and civic participation in our state.
Now, in his third day as governor, Governor Cox signed the Utah compact on racial equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Yes, that is critical race theory. Now, what's also interesting is that on his Instagram account before the whole
backlash of his veto, right, when the the uh the Utah legislature came back and overrode overwhelmingly overrode his
veto on the bill. Before that, he had his personal pronouns up on his Instagram page.
Right after the backlash, conspicuously are missing. Okay. So you
you can see kind of uh who this guy has been in the past. So the question is again I mean is this is this political
expediency that he's going through? Does he see a path for him in his political
career to become a little more uh MAGA maybe even? I mean he supports Trump and if not MAGA then at least conservative
going against the organizations that helped put him in place in the first place because that is what he's done.
You got to realize that, right? I I the NEA is not going to support Governor Cox at this point. The uh the Mormon Women
for Ethical Government or whatever they call themselves now, I I don't think they're going to be supporting Governor Cox. They're going to be fighting him at this point. So, what happened with this
guy? What in the world happened where he changed so much? I don't think I don't know that I can trust him. It doesn't
matter. I'm not part of Utah, so I I don't vote there, but I I don't know that I would trust the guy. Uh but I
like his decisions a lot better, that's for sure. And you can just see this 180 degree turn in his politics and his
approach and and and what he's doing. I want to go to a couple of responses to Governor Cox calling June Fidelity Month. Here is one online that I thought
was interesting and and enlightening, right? It says, "Love is love. Our governor just renamed Pride Month to
Fidelity Month." He used his office to take a month about people feeling safe to be who they are and turned it into a lecture on how they should live, right?
So, a as if the advocacy for LGBTQ is not telling people how to live or or what family means or what gender means.
Uh it's going much much deeper than saying, "Hey, let's look at faith, family, and country. That's all this is
doing. It's returning people that." But hey, that's telling you how to live. You know, telling you how to live. If you if you are going to advocate for those
principles, you know, it's tyranny.
This woman says, "The party that says it wants government off our backs sure loves getting into our bedrooms." Can
you give me an example of that? Anywhere getting into our bedrooms, our doctor's offices. Are you talking about Planned Parenthood?
Is that what you mean? And our kids' schools. Are you kidding me? Who is in our kids' schools? The Republicans?
They're barely there. They've got a toe in the door. Like a a little toe in the door. You've got a foot and a half in the door.
If you did a poll of all of the teachers in the US at the elementary, the K to2
level, you're going to find a much a high majority of left-leaning individuals that are teaching our kids.
If you went to the administration of each of the schools and the boards, it's going to go even higher. So, I have no
idea what this person is saying. Here's a tweet from a guy uh in response to the the news on Fidelity Month. He says,
"Fidelity month feels like a pledge from an exgay minister to not cheat on their beards with each other for a month."
Here on kutv.com, you've got the headline, "Ut governor faces push back from LGBTQ plus supporters after declaring June Fidelity
Month." It says the declaration has caused controversy, including from Senator Jano Jen Plum, who said seeing
Pride Month pushed aside feels like a betrayal of trust. It quotes Cox saying as saying the survival of the United
States, I is this really in his mind. I I this this would be important for for me as far as judging intent
with this guy with Cox. Is this really in his mind? It says, "The survival of the United States depends on the shared
bonds of faith, family, and patriotism." Wow. Plum says that she is angry and
deeply disappointed by Governor Cox's decision. Pride Month is not a marketing slogan or a political inconvenience. No,
but it is very political. It is a recognition of a community that has fought for generations to be seen, valued, and treated with dignity. It is
a celebration of people who have too often been told they do not belong.
In regards to the change here, you've got another in regards to the changes in Governor Cox. You've got a post here that says
interesting shift in direction from that time he vetoed the ban boys on in girls sports bill. It's election season for
his rhino friends. That is all. And you know that's possible. That is possible.
So a man with a 180°ree turn in his politics, in his views, authentic or not, it's a good move. So a man that
makes a 180°ree So a man that makes a 180°ree turn in his politics, in his point of view, in
his approach, in his pandering, I I don't know, is making the right decisions more often.
At least I fully support Fidelity Month.
love it and I hope we can get more states to do something similar. Thanks for listening.