{"id":2040,"date":"2008-07-31T17:06:43","date_gmt":"2008-07-31T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-04-04T10:27:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:27:21","slug":"lesbian-moms-and-gay-dads-are-marriage-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2008\/07\/lesbian-moms-and-gay-dads-are-marriage-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesbian moms and gay dads are &#8216;marriage material&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gay and straight couples have more in common than most people realize. A new study &#8211; from the University of Illinois &#8211; indicates that factors influencing straight couples into marrying are also influences on gay marriages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencecodex.com\/belief_in_god_parenthood_prompt_gay_partners_to_make_commitment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science Codex<\/a> reports that same-sex couples with children and strong religious beliefs prompt partners to make legal commitments with each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;mothers and fathers in this study were 3.5 times more likely to have had a commitment ceremony than lesbians or gay men who lived together and had legalized their relationship but had not been part of a commitment ritual,&#8221; said Ramona Faith Oswald, a U of I associate professor of family studies.<\/p>\n<p>Oswald theorizes that same-sex couples want to model an example of commitment for their children by formalizing their own. 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