'No child has two dads' billboards spark outrage across rural Ohio

This story originally appeared on The Buckeye Flame.Billboard advertisements from a Seattle-based organization called Them Before Us popped up across rural Ohio as part of its campaign against LGBTQ+ families.The billboard reads, “No child has two dads. No child has two moms,” with the “two dads” and “two moms” in rainbow lettering.Megan Tucker-Manly, a resident of Northwest Ohio, was one of the first to spot the billboards in Lima. Her post with a photo of the billboards quickly went viral reaching over 7,000 likes and shared widely. Tucker-Manly emphasized that the billboards go beyond targeting same-sex parents. The wording could affect kids in foster homes, partners in abusive relationships, and children with divorced parents.“I’m not sitting down, even though I should be the one to sit down because I have stage IV cancer and should be focused on other things,” Tucker-Manly said. “Instead, this has just lit a fire [in me].” A week later, after catching the attention Have a Gay Day – a Dayton LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization, resource center and meme page – bought billboard space of their own in support of queer families.‘It’s about getting under the skin’Them Before Us is an anti-LGBTQ+ organization that wants to end marriage equality, in vitro fertilization and no-fault divorce. The organization was founded by Katy Faust, who has a history of protesting against marriage equality and has ties to Southern Poverty Law Center’s designated anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups Family Research Council and Alliance Defending Freedom.Tucker-Manly saw the billboard while leaving Walmart around three weeks ago, but she initially didn’t believe what she saw. When she saw the billboard again last week, she was shocked. After looking up Them Before Us, she was struck by how the organization used phrases like “protecting children” to hide behind their anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-feminist advocacy.“What they want [sounds pretty], but it’s not reality,” s