May 15, 2008 1:40PM 

# SCOCA Overturns Gay Banns Ban 

By [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson) 

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As many expected, the [California Supreme Court has overturned that state’s ban on gay marriage](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-CA-GayMarriage.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin). So many expected it, in fact, that opponents have already submitted more than a million signatures through California’s initiative process to put [an anti-gay-marriage amendment ](http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/05/15/pre-gaming-the-california-same-sex-marriage-ruling/?mod=WSJBlog)on the ballot this fall.

I wonder if opponents of gay marriage in California will rely on the same arguments as did the [Washington Supreme Court](https://www.cato.org/2006/07/27/gay-marriage-ban-will-make-gays-make-babies/)?

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