[risk]

I see a lot of merit in what you are saying, but it's wholly unrealistic to expect the kinds of changes you're proposing. You won't accomplish your goals by barring the word "marriage" from governmental use. For one thing, divorce and custody battles usually end up in the courts. Judges need to use it every day. If you don't care to fight to make sure that judges don't have to treat same sex cohabitants as "married" for the purposes of custody, you're missing the point.

[King Prout]

you miss the point: courts already deal with the fallout of non-marriage hetero shackups.
BFD - the point is to protect the word, the concept, and our kids from being recruited in the schools.