(LifeSiteNews) — The Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell ruling instituting same-sex “marriage” across the land has victimized children in ways that the high court justices failed to foresee.
In an outstanding thread posted on X, author and activist Katy Faust, founder of the global children’s rights organization Them Before Us, explains how homosexual “marriage” has diminished children’s lives by eroding their right to their mother and father.
“Ten years ago, a great injustice was done to children. In Obergefell v. Hodges, the Court treated as equal two things that for kids never will be: opposite-sex and same-sex marriage,” Faust began. “One aims to unite children with both parents. The other separates them from one or both.”
“Gay marriage hasn’t led to greater love for LGBTQ adults but rather greater harm to children. It eroded children’s right to their mother and father,” Faust explained. “When you make husbands and wives legally optional in marriage, mothers and fathers become legally optional in parenthood.”
Gay marriage hasn’t led to greater love for LGBTQ adults but rather greater harm to children.
It eroded children’s right to their mother and father.
When you make husbands and wives legally optional in marriage, mothers and fathers become legally optional in parenthood. pic.twitter.com/4s92UE2X3Z
— Katy Faust (@Advo_Katy) July 10, 2025
Since 2015, activists have been arguing state by state that equality requires making parenthood gender-neutral and elevating “social parents” (unrelated adults in the home who have not undergone background checks),” she wrote.
- Fathers have been erased from birth certificates to allow “two moms” and vice versa.
- Activists demand insurance/gov’t funds to create motherless/fatherless kids.
- Biology and adoption bypassed for “intent-based” parenthood.
“Kids lost rights, adults got benefits,” she added.
• Fathers have been erased from birth certificates to allow “two moms” and vice versa.
• Activists demand insurance/gov’t funds to create motherless/fatherless kids.
• Biology and adoption bypassed for “intent-based” parenthood.
Kids lost rights, adults got benefits. pic.twitter.com/vrnSjxZZQh
— Katy Faust (@Advo_Katy) July 10, 2025
“Politicians have followed suit. When was the last time you heard a lawmaker say that children need a mom and dad? Long time?” she asked. “In 2013-14, the phrase ‘every child deserves a mother and father’ appeared in 30+ congressional speeches. By 2023-24, it surfaced fewer than five times.”
“Redefining marriage redefined the family. The courts led, and culture followed,” Faust averred. “Now it’s more than just law or politics — the Supreme Court’s decision reshaped society, especially for children.”
Redefining marriage redefined the family.
The courts led, and culture followed.
Now it’s more than just law or politics – the Supreme Court’s decision reshaped society, especially for children. pic.twitter.com/CeYDrNb8Xx
— Katy Faust (@Advo_Katy) July 10, 2025
“The education system embraced the Court-imposed family rewrite. Before 2015, schools still used ‘mom’ and ‘dad.’ After the ruling, that language was removed,” she explained. “By 2020, teachers were told to say ‘family’ or ‘caring adult,’ teaching even kindergartners all family types are equal.”
“In 2021, Americans bought nearly five million LGBTQ-themed fiction books. By 2023, that figure had topped six million, a 173% increase since 2019,” Faust said. “Many aimed to normalize motherless and fatherless families to children such as ‘Heather Has Two Mommies’ and ‘My Two Dads and Me.’
In 2021, Americans bought nearly five million LGBTQ-themed fiction books. By 2023, that figure had topped six million, a 173% increase since 2019. Many aimed to normalize motherless and fatherless families to children such as “Heather Has Two Mommies” and “My Two Dads and Me.” pic.twitter.com/acqujGXwEo
— Katy Faust (@Advo_Katy) July 10, 2025
“We lied to children, using school curriculum and sweet librarians, about the one thing every child longs for instinctually — to be loved by their mother and father,” she declared.
“After 10 years, we have seen the results. Gay marriage normalized something that for children can never be normal — a life without their mother or father,” Faust said. “The truth is, gay marriage redefined parenthood, and children across the nation are paying the price.”
After 10 years, we have seen the results. Gay marriage normalized something that for children can never be normal- a life without their mother or father.
The truth is, gay marriage redefined parenthood, and children across the nation are paying the price. pic.twitter.com/ez50fPOR6b
— Katy Faust (@Advo_Katy) July 10, 2025
Faust pointed out that now, 10 years after Obergefell, there is a growing coalition of Christians, conservatives, pro-family leaders, moms and dads, and even children of LGBT parents who are committed to reclaiming marriage for the sake of the most vulnerable: children.
