The first challenge to Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage appears headed to trial now that it has survived motions to dismiss.

U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania rejected the argument advanced by the state officials named as defendants that the suit has to be dismissed under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1972 opinion in Baker v. Nelson for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

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