South Dakota will soon see legal challenge filed against same-sex marriage ban

This weekend, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges will marry a lesbian couple from South Dakota, setting the stage for a soon-to-be-filed lawsuit aimed at overturning South Dakota's same-sex marriage ban.

From TwinCities.com:

The couple, Nancy Robrahn, 68, and Jennie Rosenkranz, 72, say that along with two other gay South Dakota couples, they plan on filing a federal class-action lawsuit against state officials.

Robrahn and Rosenkranz will argue that South Dakota should recognize same-sex marriages when performed outside of the state. In addition, the suit will seek to overturn South Dakota's statewide same-sex marriage ban enacted by a constitutional amendment in 2006.

A spokesman for Hodges said she does not know Robrahn and Rosenkranz personally, but responded positively after those working with them reached out to her office.

Once the lawsuit is filed,  only North Dakota, Alaska and Montana will remain as states banning same-sex marriage without legal challenges.

Robrahn and Rosenkranz have been together for 27 years. In March they were denied a marriage license by the clerk's office in South Dakota's Pennington County.