MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has denied a marriage license for a same-sex couple who said their application had been accepted with open arms a day earlier.

KMAN-AM reports Darcie Bonhenblust and her partner, Joleen Hickman, found out Friday morning their application had been denied.

The two say the Riley County clerk told them Thursday when they filed their application there was a three-day waiting period and they could come back Tuesday to pick up their license.

But on Friday morning they received an order from Judge Meryl Wilson denying the license. Bohnenblust called the rejection disheartening but says she anticipates it eventually will come through.

Johnson County on Friday issued what is believed to be the state’s first marriage license to a same-sex couple.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A second Kansas county has begun accepting marriage license applications from same-sex couples.

The Manhattan Mercury reports Darci Bohnenblust and Joleen Hickman had considered getting married in New York but changed those plans after an Oklahoma ban on gay marriage was overturned by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — which also includes Kansas.

The couple, who have been together for 19 years, say they turned in their application on Thursday at the Riley County clerk’s office and were welcomed with open arms. The state has a three-day waiting period for marriage licenses, and Bohnenblust says the clerk told them to come back Tuesday to pick up their license.

Johnson County accepted the first same-sex marriage application on Tuesday and planned to issue the license on Friday.