After 30 years of living in a committed relationship, Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant, have spent the last eight fighting for their right to marry in their home state of Texas.

In February, the Austin couple became the first same-sex couple to obtain a marriage license in Texas.

State District Judge David Wahlberg of Travis County directed Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir to issue the license and to “cease and desist relying on the unconstitutional Texas prohibitions against same-sex marriage.”

County officials said the license was issued under special circumstances because one of the women has “severe and immediate health concerns,” according to an article in the Texas Tribune.

The order was later temporarily blocked by the Texas Supreme Court, preventing other gay couples from obtaining marriage licenses from Travis County. No other counties in Texas have issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples since then.

It’s unfair that they are the only ones that have been able to marry. The time has come in Texas for loving and committed couples like Goodfriend and Bryant to be officially married just like any opposite-sex couple can do.

While some hoped this marriage would open the doors wider to other couples, it seems as though they might be the last one in Texas to marry — at least for a while.

Sonemaly Phrasavath is another woman challenging the state’s ban against gay marriage in Travis County. In February, she took an estate fight to court to have her eight-year relationship with Stella Powell recognized as a common-law marriage. Travis County Probate Judge Guy Herman ruled in her favor and declared the state ban against gay marriage unconstitutional. However, his ruling was later blocked by the Texas Supreme Court after state Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for Herman’s ruling to be invalidated.

It’s unfair that these same-sex couples are denied basic privileges that other couples have. Phrasavath was forced to wait outside her hospital room as Powell laid on her death bed. Phrasavath now fights for the wishes her partner wanted.

Goodfriend and Bryant are still fighting for their license to remain valid. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion to invalidate the marriage license because same sex marriage is prohibited by an amendment to the state constitution. Marriage laws are currently overseen by state governments so that explains why there are so many differences in who can get married and who cannot across the country. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering cases involving gay marriage bans in other states.

Hopefully, the Supreme Court’s decision will put an end to discrimination against gay marriages and challenges such as Paxton’s for good.