The Minnesota Independent is reporting that a same-sex marriage lawsuit pending in Minnesota 4th District Court has been dismissed. The plaintiffs in the case say the will appeal the decision. Here’s more from the Independent:

Judge Mary DuFresne dismissed a lawsuit by three Minnesota same-sex couples seeking the right to marry on Tuesday. DuFresne dismissed the suit with prejudice, meaning the decision can be appealed. The couples — Duane Gajewski and Doug Benson, Lindzi Campbell and Jesse Dykhuis, John Rittman and Tom Trisko — have vowed to bring their case to a higher court. The case was filed in Minnesota’s Fourth District Court after the couples were denied marriage licenses in Hennepin County in spring 2010

Benson told the Independent that the judge gave all of Minnesota’s same-sex couples “the back of the hand.”