“Them Before Us” has flipped the script on adult-centric attitudes toward marriage, parenthood, and reproductive technologies by framing
these issues around a child’s right to be raised by both their mother and father.
Katy Faust is Founder and Director of Them Before Us. She received her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Asian Studies at St. Olaf College
and then received a Fulbright scholarship to Taiwan. Her fluency in Mandarin assisted her when she worked with the largest Chinese adoption agency
in the world.
Katy publishes widely on the rights of children and is a regular contributor at The Federalist. Katy is the Washington State leader for the grassroots
marriage movement CanaVox, and currently appears in their video series, “Dear Katy.” She is married to a pastor and mother of four children, the youngest
of whom is adopted from China.
In 2012 Katy began writing about why marriage is a matter of social justice for kids. Her articles/interviews have appeared in USA Today, Public Discourse,
LifeSite News, The Federalist, The Daily Signal, and on The Eric Metaxas Show, Breakpoint, and ABC
Australia. She has filed three amicus briefs supporting children’s rights and advocated on behalf of children with lawmakers in the US and abroad as
well as at the United Nations.
Listen
This is an audio podcast of The Dr J Show. Full video episode is available
here. Readings and resources below cut.
Readings &, Resources
- Them Before Us, thembeforeus.com
- “Why It’s Probably Not A Coincidence That The Mother Transing Her 7-Year-Old Isn’t Biologically Related,” by Katy Faust at
The Federalist - “What’s ‘Incredibly Damaging To The Gospel,’ Joshua Harris, Are Your Lies About It,” by Katy Faust at The Federalist
- “Doesn’t Love Make a Family?” by What Would You Say on YouTube
Resources from the Ruth Institute
- Katy’s first interview with Dr J, “Are Adults Selfishly Using Children?”
- Dr Morse’s video about John the Baptist on Facebook
- Dr. J Show about the #SaveJames case: “#SaveJames”
- The Sexual State, by Dr. Morse, the entire section called “The Divorce Ideology” deals with these topics thesexualstate.com
- Pamphlets available at the Ruth Store (various topics, Ruth Survivor series)
- Books
- Marriage and Equality by Jennifer Johnson, (forward by Leila Miller)
- Primal Loss: The Now Adult Children of Divorce Speak by Leila Miller (forward by Jennifer Roback Morse)
- Videos from the Summit for Survivors of the Sexual Revolution, especially those by…
