GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- As the California State Supreme Court considers a bid to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage, there's a new Cheap Carlos Santana Tickets. It's actually an old argument to end marriage as a state-sanctioned institution.

It won't matter if it's a marriage between a man and a woman or a same-sex marriage. Two college students want marriage out of the way. They were given permission Tuesday to circulate an initiative that would take the word "marriage" out of licenses and other documents.

"The Constitutional change would replace the term 'marriage' with the words 'domestic partnership' in California law," said Ali Shams. Shams is a 22-year-old San Diego State University senior who has teamed with a fellow college student and selling fela tickets.

"We're not changing anything except for just that word," said Shams. "The rights that a married couple have today, they'll have under a domestic partnership."

Shams admits it's aimed at removing the obstacles of religion from marriage and making it a social ceremony. He's straight, and so is his friend, but he supports the right of same-sex couples to legally go through their vows.

The state supreme court is widely expected to uphold Prop. 8's ban on same-sex marriages when it rules.