Had Marilyn Monroe's film been called "How to Register a Domestic Partnership with a Millionaire", it would not have conveyed the same meaning as her famous film, even though the underlying drama for same-sex couples is no different.
-- from the written opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling the unconstitutionality of CA Prop 8's removal of same-sex marriage rights as violating the equal protection clause, Feb 7 2012