#GreaterThan Campaign Video
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Al Mohler
President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Starts at: 00:00
“Marriage is actually the most basic institution of human civilization.”
Lila Rose
Live Action
Starts at: 00:04
“When Obergefell redefined marriage to include same-sex couples, it was built as a win for adult equality. In reality, it created inequality for children. It made our children less than.”
Katy Faust
Them Before Us; organizer of the #GreaterThan campaign
Starts at: 00:16
“When you redefine marriage, you redefine parenthood. When you make mothers and fathers optional in parenthood law, children are harmed.”
Allie Beth Stuckey
Relatable
Starts at: 00:23
“And we now have these trite phrases like ‘love makes a family’ or ‘all you need is just love…’”
John Stonestreet
Colson Center
Starts at: 00:38
“But the kids aren’t fine. The kids haven’t been fine for quite some time.”
Al Mohler
President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Starts at: 00:42
“You redefine marriage, you have just destroyed the house. You can put together a new house and claim it’s the same. Children will know the difference.”
Michael Knowles
The Daily Wire
Starts at: 00:56
“We are prioritizing the fantasies of adults, no matter how earnestly those fantasies are felt, over the real needs and the real good of children.”
John Stonestreet
Colson Center
Starts at: 01:05
“The data that we have says two things. Number one, children do best when they are raised in a home with married biological mom and dad…”
For readers seeking analysis of the Colson Center’s public positions on divorce, abuse, and child well-being, see The Colson Center Is Unsafe for Abuse Victims.
Jim Daly
President, Focus on the Family
Starts at: 01:26
“When you look at social science, it says beyond a shadow of a doubt that children that grow up in a loving two-parent biological home, mom and dad, those children will do best.”
Katy Faust
Them Before Us
Starts at: 01:40
“There is something primal about our relationship with the two people who gave us life.”
Delano Squires
Heritage Foundation
Starts at: 01:46
“Every single child, every single human being is the living embodiment of the relationship between exactly one man and one woman.”
Tony Perkins
Family Research Council
Starts at: 01:52
“It’s a mother and a father that bring forth children into the world. And that’s by design because those children need a mother and a father.”
Katy Faust
Them Before Us
Starts at: 02:00
“There’s two legitimate ways to unite a child to adults. The first one is biology… The second pathway is adoption…”
Josh Hammer
The Josh Hammer Show
Starts at: 02:29
“Marriage policy should be about the children… not about adults who have their own idiosyncratic romantic desires.”
Lila Rose
Live Action
Starts at: 02:43
“Redefining marriage robs children of the natural right to their mother and father.”
John Stonestreet
Colson Center
Starts at: 02:47
“And it puts adult desires over children’s needs.”
Group Chant / Montage
Starts at: 02:53
“Children… are greater… than equal.”
John Stonestreet
Starts at: 02:58
“And it’s time we fought for their rights.”
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