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It's just perception of the importance of marriage. If heterosexual couples celebrated civil partnerships in more of a showboating way than they do with weddings, I feel like this whole thing wouldn't be an issue. In other words, if it becomes 'cooler' to get civil partnerships (what with the crisis of faith in the UK, this is completely feasible) than marriages, then nobody would be fussed about acquiring the right to do something that nobody does anymore. That's partly why I think this is such a silly fight for a right.