ARLINGTON, Va. (DC News Now) -- Ten years ago this week, same-sex marriage became legal in Virginia. On Oct. 6, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal from five states, including Virginia, seeking to ban gay and lesbian unions. The decision came several months before the landmark decision making same-sex marriage legal nationwide. Shannon Moran and Carla Uriona of Arlington, Va., were married one day after the ruling came down. The couple has been together for nearly 30 years but could not get married until they had already been together for almost two decades. DMV crew from the National Park Service assists with Helene cleanup in North Carolina "We had the option of going to another state and getting married and we just held up because we live here and we've built our life here," Uriona said. Moran and Uriona decided they wanted to get married immediately after the ruling. It was the next step in their relationship after a commitment ceremony, which they participated in just before their now-15-year-old son was born. "I went to work after [the court's ruling] and then [Uriona was] like, 'let's go get married right now," Moran said. "I'm like, 'wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Just -- yes, but let's do it tomorrow." After they planned, the couple went to the Arlington County Courthouse. There, Rev. Linda Olson Peebles offered to officiate a wedding ceremony in her church, which the couple accepted. Rev. Peebles also officiated the first same-sex marriage in Arlington the day before. "I said a few words about how meaningful it was for their love and for everyone who believed that people should be able to marry the people they love," Peebles said. "It's a deeply faithful thing to say that we believe everybody has worth and dignity." Moran and Uriona said the wedding was both a symbolic and logistical milestone. "We have a son and [now] either one of us can enroll him in a soccer camp because we're both his parents," Uriona said. "The hoops we had to jump through to have our child before we were allowed to marry legally were enormous and I think very, very expensive in addition to being discriminatory... looking back on it, 10 years now, I'm just ridiculously grateful and so excited."