Originally Posted by: SPLSo basically you'd grant them the exact same rights, just under a different name?

The word "marriage" has several definitions, everyone interprets it the way they want.

That's the problem - that abmbiguity should not exist. My brother had a lovely ceremony in a park, surounded by friends and family. His partner is a wonderful man, and I'm thrilled that he and my brother have a relationship worthy of such publicly-declared commitment and celebration. But that relationship is not a marriage.