True enough. It's difficult to do that without creating an actual difference, though... One of the problems of giving it a different legal name is that common law about one then doesn't automatically apply to the other. And there is an awful lot of common law about "marriage".

That's part of the whole issue with even de facto marriages... The benefits aren't identical to ceremonial marriage, because they are different in law, and it takes double the amount of legislation or case law judgements to achieve the same outcomes. Add in "civil unions", and that makes three...

And, ah, yes, now I've placed you. Coolio.