June 30th marked the end of the Legislative year and the last day of a two-year Legislative Session. It began with the chaos of protestors loudly chanting in the lobby, “free Palestine!” and calling for an Israeli ceasefire, while Senators stood at the doors to block entry. The day continued with all of the ideologies and worldviews we’ve seen all year heavily on display as bills passed and failed. Senator Richardson introduced a resolution for a task force that would study the breakdown of the nuclear family. The opposition from the Democrat legislators was immediate, and the resolution failed. It was a perfect representation of the worldview that is prevailing in government and education institutions. During the discussion for this resolution, Senator McBride commented that words matter and that we take cues from how the sponsor intends for those words to inform the mission of the legislation itself.