Bill Text: FL S0108 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Fathers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-16 - Introduced -SJ 00620; Read 2nd time -SJ 00620; Adopted -SJ 00620 [S0108 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0108-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                 (Corrected Copy)    SR 108 
 
By Senator Bullard 
39-00182A-10                                           2010108__ 
1                          Senate Resolution 
2         A resolution expressing affection for and gratitude to 
3         all fathers. 
4 
5         WHEREAS, in 1909 Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, 
6  first had the idea of a “father’s day” while listening to a 
7  Mother’s Day sermon, and 
8         WHEREAS, Sonora Dodd realized the strength, courage, and 
9  selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a 
10  single parent, and thus chose to hold the first Father’s Day 
11  celebration in Spokane, Washington, on the 19th of June, 1910, 
12  and 
13         WHEREAS, in early times, wearing flowers was a traditional 
14  way of celebrating Father’s Day, and 
15         WHEREAS, in 1924, President Calvin Coolidge recognized 
16  Father’s Day as a national event to “establish more intimate 
17  relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon 
18  fathers the full measure of their obligations,” and 
19         WHEREAS, in 1926, a National Father’s Day Committee was 
20  formed in New York City, resulting in a Joint Resolution of 
21  Congress in 1956 recognizing Father’s Day, and President Richard 
22  Nixon signed the law that finally made Father’s Day a permanent 
23  holiday in 1972, and 
24         WHEREAS, Sunday, June 20, 2010, has been designated as 
25  Father’s Day in the United States, and 
26         WHEREAS, the American tradition of a productive society and 
27  a secure home has depended in great part on the hard work and 
28  sacrifice of fathers who tirelessly seek for their children a 
29  better life and greater opportunity than they themselves have 
30  known, and 
31         WHEREAS, fulfilling the demanding roles of fatherhood, as 
32  provider, teacher, role model, comforter, and protector, is an 
33  act of true heroism in today’s world, and 
34         WHEREAS, each new generation looks to its fathers for 
35  courage, strength, and understanding, and 
36         WHEREAS, the enduring affection between fathers and their 
37  families is recognized and appreciated as one of the most 
38  positive elements upon which our future as a nation depends, and 
39         WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the members and 
40  staff of the Florida Senate recognize the immeasurable debt of 
41  gratitude owed to fathers for their strength, guidance, 
42  understanding, and love, NOW, THEREFORE, 
43 
44  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
45 
46         That the members of the Senate do hereby express to their 
47  own fathers and to all fathers, on behalf of the people of the 
48  State of Florida, personal affection and heartfelt gratitude. 
49         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be spread upon 
50  the Journal of the Senate as a tangible token of the love and 
51  respect that the members hold for all fathers.