Children Are Greater Than Equal

We’re going to overturn Obergefell.

For too long, the consequences of redefining marriage have been discussed only in terms of adult feelings and adult fulfillment. But when marriage was redefined in 2015, parenthood was redefined along with it, and children were the ones required to adapt. Once husbands and wives became optional, mothers and fathers became replaceable. That reality has been obscured by slogans about “love” and “equality,” but the damage to children has been real and ongoing.

A woman who identifies as a lesbian may be a loving mother, but she cannot be a father. A gay man may be a devoted dad, but he cannot be a mother. Children need, deserve, and have a right to both. No adult has a right to a child who is not biologically related to them, and no child should be forced to lose their mother or father so that an adult can fulfill a desire to create a family on their own terms.

“Kids need a mom and a dad. That’s not bigotry, it’s biology.”

— Seth Dillon

When researchers study the family, they consistently find that biological connection benefits children, that mothers and fathers provide distinct and complementary advantages, and that parental loss diminishes child outcomes. The evidence is clear.

“Most scholars now agree that children raised by two biological parents in a stable marriage do better than children in other family forms across a wide range of outcomes.” -Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Brookings Institution

“A child has a right to a mom and a dad—motherhood and fatherhood are not interchangeable.”

— Allie Beth Stuckey

Children are greater than equal. Real progress means putting children’s needs ahead of adult desires. Children are not equals in power, voice, or vulnerability, and pretending otherwise has allowed adults to justify taking what children need in the name of “rights.”

That time is over.

For years, Americans were told to stay quiet while radical gender ideology swept through society. We were warned not to ask questions, and anyone who spoke out was labeled a bigot. People were fired, harassed, and canceled. The message was always the same: let people do what they want, affirm every choice, and trust the experts.

But then the movement crossed a line.

It came after children.

Since then, everything has changed.

When parents learned that schools were socially transitioning children without parental consent, teaching gender ideology in classrooms, instructing staff to withhold information from families, and supporting laws that threatened parents who refused to medically mutilate or sterilize their children, neutrality became impossible. Parents organized because they had to. They attended school board meetings, ran for boards, demanded transparency, and forced accountability.

The average person was horrified by the realization that children were being treated as experimental subjects for an adult ideology. People understood something fundamental: once a society normalizes sacrificing children for ideology, no institution is safe.

As a result, states rolled back gender transition policies, restored parental involvement, and removed corrupted curriculum. A movement that thrived in secrecy began to collapse when the truth was brought to light.

Humans have an innate and powerful revulsion against harm to children. For their own children, there is nothing a parent wouldn’t do to protect them. The transgender movement didn’t lose ground because of clever messaging, it lost ground because people saw what was being done to kids. That lesson matters. Because it tells us what actually moves people.

And that brings us back to marriage.

We are still told, “How does this affect you? It’s none of your business. We’re not hurting anyone.” That claim collapses under scrutiny. No individual in the United States is an island. Our laws shape our culture, our culture shapes our families, and our families shape the next generation.

Even if a same-sex couple never raises a child, the legal redefinition of marriage requires an overhaul of parenthood that reduces children to commodities. Once the law declares that mothers and fathers are interchangeable, every child is affected.The redefinition of marriage is a threat to every child.

The line has been crossed. The cost is our kids. It’s time to fight back with truth, courage, and conviction. We have a responsibility to give children their identity, security, and childhood back.

We are the guardians of the next generation.

That isn’t a slogan- it’s a duty. Parents may feel this most acutely, but this responsibility belongs to all of us: educators, lawmakers, faith leaders, professionals, and citizens who understand that a society willing to sacrifice its children cannot long survive.

Children deserve to be greater than equal. And if you’re tired of watching them be ignored, exploited, and treated as less than, it’s time to take a stand.

Go to greaterthancampaign.com to join our movement.

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