by Them Before Us | Oct 17, 2023 | The Latest
(Originally published in The American Conservative) When Katy Faust spoke at the third National Conservative conference in Florida in 2022, her speech had a simple refrain: “This is a child.” Applying the Vince Lombardi Green Bay Packers story (“Gentlemen, this is a...
by Them Before Us | Sep 26, 2023 | Stories
(Originally published on MadMommaBear Blog) From a Guest Author, a letter shared from a son to an absent father about the experience of losing a father: Hello, I am fine. Sorry I haven’t reached out to you in a while. I’m doing very well in school; I have a 4.0 GPA....
by Katy Faust | Jun 14, 2023 | The Latest
(Originally published in The Federalist) Marriage, once the most child-friendly institution in the world, has now been redefined in the name of equality. It was argued same-sex couples just wanted to visit one another in the hospital, have access to the same...
by Katy Faust | Feb 27, 2023 | Justice
Dear Mr. Minister Vít Rakušan, My name is Katy Faust and I am the President of Them Before Us. We represent the children who will be harmed if you allow same-sex couples to be listed on a child’s birth certificate. Millie Fontana was raised by two mothers. When she...
![N. Smith’s story | “…the wound caused by missing actions on [my father’s] part is definitely still there in my adulthood.”](https://thembeforeus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/andrew-neel-f480QIEvwGI-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
by Them Before Us | Jan 13, 2023 | Stories
I grew up in a single mother household. My parents divorced when I was six or seven years of age, my brother was three, and my sister was thirteen. When my parents divorced, we were living in California and my mom moved us to Michigan. My dad followed us, and they...
