The name La Manif pour tous means "Protest for all" and was named after the French expression Le mariage pour tous ("marriage for all") which was the popular term used in France to promote same sex marriage, and also to refer to the Civil solidarity pact (PaCS), the 1999 French law permitting civil union between same-sex partners.

Some of the objectives of La Manif pour tous include: An organized group called for a boycott in 2014 involving pulling children from schools one day a month to protest against the alleged anti-family actions of the government.

Regarding "gender theory" or sex education in pre-schools the government says they are false rumors created on purpose by conservatives with ties to far-right groups.

[10] After having long presented itself as an "apolitical organization",[11] La Manif Pour Tous officially transformed itself into a political party on 24 April 2015.

According to analysts, the change was actually motivated by financial considerations, as donors to political groups automatically benefit from substantial tax deductions.