A class action in Virginia federal district court challenging the state ban on same-sex marriage will be on hold pending a federal appeal court’s decision on the constitutionality of the prohibition.

U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski of the Western District of Virginia on March 31 issued a stay in Harris v. Rainey. The plaintiffs, Urbanksi said in his ruling, will “have their day in court” in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.