A Tennessee law that went into effect earlier this month will prohibit ministers who were ordained online from performing marriages if a federal judge allows it to proceed.

The Times Free Press reported last week that a federal judge has put a law passed by the state's Republican majority on hold after finding "serious constitutional issues" with the law's ban on allowing online-ordained ministers to officiate marriages.

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Four ordained ministers in the state have filed a lawsuit, arguing that the law is specifically meant to target LGBTQ individuals.

NPR reported Saturday that opponents of the law have rushed to perform mass-marriages of people who do not wish to hire a traditional minister for their ceremonies as the bill remains on hold while its constitutionality is reviewed.

It's unclear whether those marriages, many performed after July 1, will remain legal if the ban is upheld.

"There's a lot of legislation that comes out of Tennessee that really limits and restricts our rights and abilities to kind of function as citizens," one transgender Tennessean, Kelsey Page, told NPR.

Supporters of the bill argued that it was unclear under state law whether marriages performed by online-ordained ministers were legal in the first place.

"Right now, it is not clear under the eyes of the law whether or not those are legal marriages," state Rep. Michael Curcio (R) said, according to NPR.

The lawsuit is expected to be heard in late fall, according to the Times Free Press, while online-ordained ministers will be allowed to perform marriage ceremonies until it concludes.