...............Yes you are correct there, it comes down to equal rights. Which are not acknowledged by all the states, if one partner should fall ill in a vacationing state, the other may have no recourse. Marriage solves everything, some 1,300 benefits come with it without expensive wills and other documents needed drawn up. The fight for equality is for the ones that want to get married and enjoy the rights afforded to other tax-paying people. The distinction is all over equality, not over the choice of getting married.