Courts in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties tell us they are ready for same-sex couples to apply for marriage licenses. 


In Pennsylvania, same-sex marriage is already legal and of course that will now stand.


As of Friday, two same sex couples have applied for licenses to get married in Trumbull and Columbiana Counties, as supporters of gay rights call the court decision the right thing to do.


Attorney Kim Akins with PRIDE Youngstown tells 21 News, "I'm elated.  I'm glad that this country has finally reached the place that it needs to be in with regard to equality for everyone."


Anita Davis who is also with PRIDE Youngstown says, "I am pleased.  I am pleased for all the folks who are out there who want to get married.  I'm happy that they can do so in the eyes of the law."


Carlos Rivera of Youngstown got married in California one year ago and says he's ecstatic that same-sex couples can now get married here in Ohio. 


"Actually we never should have had to fight for a basic right.  We never should have had to fight for this at all.  We should have gotten it.  There's this nice thing called the Constitution and it says that all men are created equal and for a long time I felt I wasn't equal in my own country.  Now this is one step towards that," Rivera said.


As same sex couples have now gained the right to get their marriage licenses, the question remains: Could opponents push for a constitutional amendment that could effectively overturn the US Supreme Court's ruling?


Matthew Mangino, a former Lawrence County District Attorney says that would be the only way to do it, "That would be probably the only route that people opposed to same sex marriage may take and that is some type of constitutional amendment.  I think that's a reach.  Public consensus is pretty clear, people favor same sex marriage, you have 36 states that have authorized it.  So that means the state legislatures in 36 states have approved that and those state legislators represent the voters."