Monday, May 04, 2026

Anti-LGBTQ coalition planning to target gay couples and their children via legislation


Katy Faust

LGBTQ Americans and our loved ones should consider the following to be a warning:




For those who need further explanation, the Greater Than Campaign is a coalition of 47 anti-LGBTQ groups led by long-time anti-LGBTQ activist Katy Faust. The goal of this coalition is to overturn Obergefell, the SCOTUS case which legalized gay marriage.  

By this tweet, the group is announcing that it will be targeting our families - our married couples and children - via legislation.

 As for now, all this is pure speculation.  But here are two things we should keep in mind.

1. While I haven't found its name amongst the groups in the coalition, don't be surprised if powerhouse law firm and SPLC- designated hate group, the Alliance Defending Freedom is involved.  ADF was behind the overturning of Roe V Wade. It has also taken our community to court - including SCOTUS - and won on several occasions. ADF also had a hand in writing and pushing anti-LGBTQ bills which have been passed by state legislators across the nation, including a multitude of anti-trans bills. If there is legislation written targeting our families, it can most likely come from ADF.

2. If this legislation becomes reality, it probably doesn't matter what it will encompass more than the fact that it's an attempt to get the subject of gay marriage back to SCOTUS in hopes of overturning Obergefell. Based upon the link in the above tweet, a piece posted last year by Faust, the argument in favor of overturning Obergefell claiming that children suffered from the ruling to legalize gay marriage because it supposedly "robs them of the right to be raised by a mother and a father."

We intend to challenge Obergefell not on the grounds of adult discomfort but on the grounds of child injustice. The story of Kim Davis highlights individual courage, but the story that will overturn Obergefell must highlight widespread harm. The measurable, irrefutable harm inflicted on children when the law denies their primal right to both parents. When the court finally reconsiders Obergefell, it must do so for the sake of those children. And when it does, the verdict will not just correct a legal error, it will restore moral sanity. 

 It's an absolutely stupid argument which has no basis on reality. But it's an argument which goes along with how Faust and her group have been recently targeting gay fathers. They've reposted pictures of gay fathers with children received via surrogacy while implying that they are "buying" infants for selfish desires. Their aim is to dehumanize these families while erasing other same-sex families brought together by foster care, adoption, and legal guardianships.

It's an ugly game Faust and her minions play, as evidence by the replies these tweets receive from their supporters. I won't post them, but I think you can guess what they say. 

 Gay men are not "buying" children and being raised by a married same-sex couple isn't a liability. It's a proven asset.

The Greater Than Campaign is nothing more the same old band of zealots and bigots attempting to squeeze their old and rancid lies and hate into new shells.  If you ask me, the whole lot of them need to find new employment because we've seen and heard their bullshit before. All they do is distract and from genuine problems facing American families such as poverty and job insecurity. They want America to think that banning gays from marrying is the simple solution to our complex problems. They want America to react with revulsion by demonizing gay couples for simply wanting to and being able to have families and raising children.

For a coalition claiming to help families, the Greater Than Campaign is more concerned with casting illusions more than dealing with reality. But our families aren't illusions. They are real.

And that's something all of the lies and hate thrown at us can't ever take away.

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