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Meet the Seattle woman behind a national effort to end same-sex marriage
The story originated at the Seattle Times.
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Meet the Seattle woman behind a national effort to end same-sex marriage
Jim Brunner - The Seattle Times (TNS) 55 mins ago
Earlier this year, a national coalition of conservatives unveiled a new campaign to turn back the clock on same-sex marriage. ... In a promotional video, supporters of the “Greater Than Campaign” said they want to push the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its landmark 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriages nationwide. ... The effort challenges a decade of established legal rights for same-sex couples, rights that continue to enjoy broad public support. In Washington, marriage equality protections go back even further, to a 2012 law upheld by voters.
So it might come as a surprise that one of the leading activists behind the campaign to undo those rights lives in Seattle. ... Katy Faust is president and founder of Them Before Us, a conservative nonprofit organization that says its mission is to protect "every child's right to their mother and father." ... Little-known locally, Faust has gained prominence in national conservative circles, spearheading the effort to undo Obergefell. She was featured in the kickoff video for the campaign against same-sex marriage alongside leaders of the Heritage Foundation and the Southern Baptist Convention, among others.
Last September, Faust spoke at the National Conservatism Conference, an annual gathering affiliated with the Christian nationalism movement that also featured U.S. senators and top Trump administration officials. ... In her speech, titled "How Obergefell Commodified Children," Faust argued the way to reignite a seemingly settled cultural debate over same-sex marriage is to reframe it — away from the rights of adults and toward children she claims are "the real victims."
She criticized the "black hole of marriage equality," blaming it for a host of ills, including child abuse and trafficking. Christian churches, she argued, should join the fight to overturn Obergefell by disabusing pastors of "the lie" that their highest calling is to be "welcoming and affirming" toward nontraditional marriages. ... Faust, a West Seattle resident, declined requests for an interview with The Seattle Times. Paul Guppy, chair of the board of directors for Them Before Us, also refused to discuss the group's work when reached via phone. Guppy is a longtime senior leader at the Washington Policy Center, a Seattle-based conservative think tank.
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Meet the Seattle woman behind a national effort to end same-sex marriage
Jim Brunner - The Seattle Times (TNS) 55 mins ago
Earlier this year, a national coalition of conservatives unveiled a new campaign to turn back the clock on same-sex marriage. ... In a promotional video, supporters of the “Greater Than Campaign” said they want to push the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its landmark 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriages nationwide. ... The effort challenges a decade of established legal rights for same-sex couples, rights that continue to enjoy broad public support. In Washington, marriage equality protections go back even further, to a 2012 law upheld by voters.
So it might come as a surprise that one of the leading activists behind the campaign to undo those rights lives in Seattle. ... Katy Faust is president and founder of Them Before Us, a conservative nonprofit organization that says its mission is to protect "every child's right to their mother and father." ... Little-known locally, Faust has gained prominence in national conservative circles, spearheading the effort to undo Obergefell. She was featured in the kickoff video for the campaign against same-sex marriage alongside leaders of the Heritage Foundation and the Southern Baptist Convention, among others.
Last September, Faust spoke at the National Conservatism Conference, an annual gathering affiliated with the Christian nationalism movement that also featured U.S. senators and top Trump administration officials. ... In her speech, titled "How Obergefell Commodified Children," Faust argued the way to reignite a seemingly settled cultural debate over same-sex marriage is to reframe it — away from the rights of adults and toward children she claims are "the real victims."
She criticized the "black hole of marriage equality," blaming it for a host of ills, including child abuse and trafficking. Christian churches, she argued, should join the fight to overturn Obergefell by disabusing pastors of "the lie" that their highest calling is to be "welcoming and affirming" toward nontraditional marriages. ... Faust, a West Seattle resident, declined requests for an interview with The Seattle Times. Paul Guppy, chair of the board of directors for Them Before Us, also refused to discuss the group's work when reached via phone. Guppy is a longtime senior leader at the Washington Policy Center, a Seattle-based conservative think tank.
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