It’s been a long, hard fight, but same-sex couples planning to get marriage licenses on Tuesday are delighted.

After six and a half years together, William Stevens Jr. and Robert Brings were planning to get married this year. They booked a trip to Washington, D.C., where it's legal.

But now they say they can't wait to do it here.

"We're still going to (Washington) D.C., but it will be a belated honeymoon," Stevens said.

They recently finished a premarital course. They plan to be part of group marriage ceremony officiated by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer on Tuesday.

We checked and Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia and Brevard counties confirm they will issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples Tuesday. Sumter and Flagler counties will announce Monday what they decide to do. We contacted Lake and Marion counties, but those governments were closed Friday.

To get married, couples must take an online course three days before applying in person. If they take the course first they can get married the day they apply.

"The courthouse opens at 7:30 [a.m.]," said Orange County Clerk of Courts Tiffany Moore Russell. "We have not anticipated what the large amount will be, but our staff is prepared."

Meanwhile the Osceola County Clerk's office will start issuing marriage licenses on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m.

They plan to marry 30 couples at 12:01, but all 30 spots are already filled.

Right now Brings and Stevens are scrambling, making arrangements with friends and family.

"It's exciting, quick planning, you know," Brings said.

They admit it's been rough fighting for the right to get married.

"It's been an up and down rollercoaster, you know one day you are so excited about it," Brings said. "It's happening, it's happening, and then some time happens and it just deflates you."

But they're hopeful for Tuesday and glad to be part of the historic day.

"I am so grateful to be in this time period of life that we can move the next generation forward of gay and lesbian couples," Brings said.

For them, marriage is about their love, their union and being treated like every other couple.

"There are so many federal protections that you can't have unless you are married, if you are not married," Brings said. "That is why we choose to do this, to do it legally and we are ecstatic we are doing it in our home state."

They said they're hoping to plan a wedding reception this spring.