Are Gay Marriages Inferior to Gay Civil Unions?

 One of the wonders of being a voter in California is that you have so many opportunities to vote, and yet so little of it matters according to the courts.  California voters made it clear in 2000 that marriage is going to be between a man and a woman.  You know the rest.  

Starting June 16, thousands of homosexuals will marry.  

In November we have another opportunity to ban gay marriage again.  However, I am skeptical that the same campaign of values can be run again in California and expect that to be sufficient. The pro-tradition supporters need to update their talking points to be more inclusive.  

I think the campaign needs to send out a contemporary message that recognizes that the state has changed, and that gays need their relationships affirmed.  California is one of the few states that all but grants marriage rights to gays in the guise of the 'civil unions'.  If there are any drawbacks to gay marriages compared to gay partnerships (gay divorce for one), that should be part of the campaign.  Anyone else has ideas how gay marriages will be inferior to gay partnerships?