Issues, Etc. Children’s Rights and a Campaign to Overturn Obergefell’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling – Katy Faust, 1/28/26 (0283)
Jan 28, 2026
Katy Faust, founder of Them Before Us and leader of the Greater Than campaign, is an advocate for children’s rights and family policy. She reframes Obergefell around children’s need for a mother and father. She discusses legal strategies to restore mother/father language, cultural messaging to shift public opinion, and mobilizing churches and coalitions to defend children’s interests.
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Reframe The Question Around Children
- Katy Faust reframes the debate by asking whether children need their mother and father rather than whether adults should have marriage equality.
- Changing the question shifts public opinion and legal analysis away from adult victimhood to child welfare.
Marriage Redefinition Affects Parenthood
- Faust argues Obergefell made parenthood optional by flattening distinctions in marriage and parenthood law.
- She says that redefinition turned children into commodities awarded to adults with means.
Victim Framing Drove The Ruling
- Faust contends adults were cast as victims, which guided the court to prioritize adult dignity over children's claims.
- She emphasizes biology limits two same-sex adults from both being a child's biological parents, creating legal distortions.
