A group of same-sex couples has filed suit challenging Pennsylvania’s same-sex marriage ban. It is the first case seeking to overturn a gay marriage ban on the state level since last month’s Supreme Court decision rejecting the federal Defense of Marriage Act and allowing same-sex marriages to resume in California. Attorney Mark Aronchick and plaintiff Julia Lobur spoke out from the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg.

Mark Aronchick: “There is a public sentiment here in Pennsylvania that is rolling ever forward toward freedom to marry.”

Julia Lobur: “It’s a tragedy that talented, loving, productive citizens have to leave this state if they want their marriages recognized.”

The American Civil Liberties Union says it plans to file similar cases challenging same-sex marriage bans in Virginia and North Carolina.