Two men from Hiawatha were granted a marriage license Monday by courthouse officials in Brown County, Kansas.

District Court Clerk Joy Moore confirms the two Hiawatha men applied for the license November 13. The license was issued on Monday, November 17. That was one day after the United States Supreme Court denied the state’s request to prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying.

There are court cases still pending on the issue. A federal judge has overturned Montana’s same-sex marriage ban this week. That brings the number of states to allow such unions to 34.

This is the first same-sex marriage license issued in Brown County, and in the 22nd Judicial District, which also includes Doniphan, Nemaha and Marshall counties.