Bet, however, this will be dragged to court.
There are more pressing issues like illegal immigration, abortive birth-control, supporting our troops, sticking it to the corrupt UN, reforming education into something that educates, taking back our elections from the fraudulent farce they've become (Washington's gubernatorial, San Diego's mayoral), and others ...
This has already been dragged to court, and was ruled constitutional. Among the first bills introduced in the new session of the state legislature, which began in December, were two aimed at overturning the court decision (SCA1 & ACA3). Also among the early starters was a bill to define marriage as a bond between "two people" (AB19). The legislature will be haggling over this for the next year plus.
The stated primary issue regarding the gay marriage bill is the desire to qualify for federal benefits. It's hard to see how a change in state law would accomplish that.
For those who are interested, text of the bills can be found on the state's legislative information website here.