Gay couples delay 'epic step' of marriage

DesMoines Register
July 6, 2009
While more than 450 same-sex couples filed for marriage licenses in the week following the April court decision legalizing marriage in Iowa, hundreds of others had reasons to wait. Susan Houts, who counsels many gay couples at the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center, has been impressed that same-sex couples are critically examining whether marriage is the right decision and might have something to teach heterosexual couples who have lost that sense of marriage as a profound step. "Contrary to what you hear in the media and in some religious groups, same-sex relationships actually experience more cohesion in their relationships ... and that's backed up by research," she said. [Link]