This like everything else, has no real meaning to me.
From what I know, all the right-wine Pat Robertson whores are appaled tabout gays getting 'marriage'. Key word is the word itself. Now, of course, they'd bitch anyway, but if civil unions were given with the same rights of marriage, I think that the majority of gay-rights supporters would be happy. They'd be recognized and have the same things straight people get, only it'd be called something else.
Naturally, the extremes on both sides would still be pissed. But that's to be expected; you can't make everyone happy.
:| *sigh* :|