What's the difference between "marriage" and "civil unions"?

The general response of Democrats for the idea of allowing gay marriage has been to allow civil unions, but not marriage.

I am wondering what the difference is between these two? And for those of you who are gay, would what the Democrats are saying an acceptable compromise to you; or do you want specifically marriage?

I know for a fact that heterosexual couplings can get civil unions. So I know that isn't the only difference between marriage and civil unions.

Thanks for answering anyway. But I think there is another difference that we might not know about.

A civil union if for people of the same sex who want to be married. That's the only difference. In the eyes of the law, they're married, but it isn't called that. It's called a civil union.

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