Coaliția pentru Familie (Coalition for the Family) is an informal association of about 30 Romanian non-governmental organizations. It seeks to promote the "traditional family", in particular by amending the Constitution of Romania to define marriage as "the union between a man and a woman". It is also involved in the anti-abortion movement.
In 2016, Coaliția pentru familie gathered 3 million signatures in favor of replacing "spouses" with "a man and a woman" in article 48 of the Romanian constitution. The American evangelical Christian organization Liberty Counsel and Alliance Defending Freedom International have both publicly supported the initiative and have submitted briefs to the Constitutional Court in support of a referendum. The Romanian Orthodox Church also announced its official support for the initiative in mid-January 2016. In July 2016, the Constitutional Court issued a unanimous ruling that allows the referendum proposal to move forward. In response, LGBT advocacy groups, like Accept Association, MozaiQ and TRANSform, expressed dissatisfaction with CCR’s decision, claiming that it could lead "to a rise in social tensions and hate crimes". Under Romanian law, the constitution can be changed after a proposal by the president, the government, a quarter of the members of the Parliament of Romania or at least 500,000 citizens. Parliament must then approve the revision, which must then pass a nationwide referendum.
The coalition's efforts to amend the constitution have been ongoing since 2013, when Amnesty International helped defeat a similar amendment. However, it participated in a successful campaign against the introduction of civil partnerships into law. Other proposals presented by the coalition include the taxation of celibacy, the banning of adoptions by single parents and the active discouragement of sexual intercourse between unmarried persons.