[Vitamin A]

Emmylou, you're just proving my point. Marriage is a LEGAL term. Common law marriage only exists when the LAW says it does. Hence the name, COMMON LAW marriage.

[Vitamin A]

Emmylou, the California Constitution says that marriage only exists between a man and woman. California is not a common law marriage state. But even if it were, the California Constitution would prohibit the notion of a "common-law gay marriage" because that would not be a male-female marriage.