The battle for marriage isn’t over. 

This week, Family Policy Alliance (FPA) joined dozens of state and national organizations in support of the Greater Than campaign, a unified effort to advance true marriage as God designed it and to put children’s needs ahead of adult desires.

When Dr. James Dobson founded FPA in 2004, the protection of marriage was front and center. Within weeks of our founding, we were convening state leaders across the country to preserve marriage in their states. Those efforts were overwhelmingly successful, with Marriage Protection Amendments passing in more than 30 states.

But in 2015, the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision disregarded the will of voters and redefined marriage nationwide.

In the decade since, the consequences have become clear. When marriage is redefined around adult desires rather than child well-being, children are the ones who suffer. Marriage exists not simply to affirm adult relationships, but to provide children the stable, life-giving union of a mother and a father whenever possible.

That belief is at the heart of the Greater Than campaign. Led by Them Before Us, the coalition affirms that children’s needs are greater than adult desires and that the law should once again reflect this truth.

FPA is proud to serve as a national ally in the Greater Than movement, standing alongside partner organizations like Them Before Us, Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, and American Family Association. In addition, many of our state Family Policy Councils are engaged as state allies, advancing this work across the country.