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I'll jump in with this opinion.

First off... to me the word married only means two people who have chosen to be in a loving, monogamous relationship. If we want to put some kind of a "religious" meaning to it then the word marriage might also mean between a man and a woman. 

But I'm not big on religious meanings dictating legal issues. So at the very least whatever it is called under the law... Civil Union... whatever, it should have the exact same legal standing as heterosexual marriage.

Then after the "Civil Union" ceremony the parties involved can call themselves married because the two definitions are interchangeable. Like buffalo & bison... same thing... different name.