Common-law marriage: A union of two people not formalized in the customary manner as prescribed by law but created by an agreement to marry followed by Cohabitation.
Defense of Marriage Act (1996 by Clinton): http://www.nclrights.org/site/DocServer/2004GAO.pdf?docID=1161
Another thing: I don't know how this will fit in, but if people argue (as many religious people do) that gay marriage will tarnish the sanctity of marriage, we could always argue that today, in the US, marriage is not considered sacred--50% of all marriages end in divorce, high affair rates, etc.
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