Sacrificing the Well Being of Children: New York’s Legalization of Commercial Surrogacy
(Originally published on United Families International) Last year New York had a heated debate about overturning their decades-long ban on surrogacy enacted after the “Baby M” case where a surrogate did what mothers tend to do; bond with her baby and refuse to give...
Push To Legalize Polygamy Uses Same Arguments As Push For Same-Sex Marriage
(Originally published at The Federalist) “I just came out openly to friends.” “Love is love” and we deserve “equal protection under the law.” We are “not harming anybody.” “The world would be a better place if everybody was more open.” “I am proud of who I am” but I...
I was raised by 2 gay men. I still think children deserve to be adopted into a home with a mother and a father
Originally published at The Tennessean Lawmakers here in Tennessee are catching a lot of flak for their support of HB 836, which supposedly allows adoption agencies to “discriminate against” LGBTQ applicants. At first glance, it looks unfair. After all, we all have...
Left Claims Women Are Essential To Business But Optional To Families
(Originally published in The Federalist) Washington state Democrats continue to run the table with their majority. They opened the new year with several egregious legislative initiatives, from decriminalizing underage prostitution to pushing the comprehensive sexual...
An Open Letter to Lois Smart
Dear Lois, My heart grieved when I heard your soon-to-be ex-husband, Ed Smart, came out as gay. Especially when I heard him say that coming out was “more difficult” for him than those agonizing months of Elizabeth’s kidnapping. Only in a world where adult sexual...
We Need More Judges Who Realize How Monetizing Wombs Hurts Women And Children
(Originally published at The Federalist) The liberal media collective has lost their minds over the confirmation of President Trump appointee Sarah Pitlyk to a seat in a federal court. What is the outrage du jour? That the Honorable Judge Pitlyk recognizes the...
Fairfax Cryobank’s “Thanksgiving Sperm Raffle Photo Contest” Draws Ire of Donor Conceived
This is not the first time, and surely won’t be the last, that a fertility clinic is conducting a promotional give-away to market their company and services. The California Cryobank does the same every year on their “spermiversary.” However, many donor conceived...
Why Embryo Adoption Damages Children’s Rights
(Originally published at The Federalist) A Colorado couple recently gave birth to a baby boy who was not genetically related to either parent, and they were elated. A few months earlier, another couple gave birth to twins who were not genetically related to either...
Giving Tuesday!
2019 was a huge year for Them Before Us. Here's a just a taste of what we accomplished: Presented at Trinity Law School Human Rights Conference Collaborated with the Colson Center on their new educational platform Changed the hearts of the Czech people with this viral...
What’s ‘Incredibly Damaging To The Gospel,’ Joshua Harris, Are Your Lies About It
(Originally published at The Federalist) In a recent interview, newly ex-mega-church pastor Joshua Harris and author of the 1990s best-seller “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” remarked that the support President Trump has received from the evangelical community has been...
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