NORRISTOWN — Two women were wed in a religious ceremony Wednesday morning after getting a marriage license from county officials who defied a Pennsylvania law banning same-sex unions.

Alicia Terrizzi, 45, said that she and Loreen Bloodgood have been together for 17 years and wanted to take the opportunity offered by Montgomery County officials.

“We’ve been waiting a long time for this,” Terrizzi said. “We’re not setting out to be pioneers.”

Terrizzi, a teacher, and Bloodgood, a 40-year-old consultant, live in Pottstown with their two sons.

Montgomery County officials issued two marriage licenses to lesbian couples Wednesday morning, a day after signaling their willingness to do so.

Pennsylvania is the only northeastern state without same-sex marriages or civil unions. In other states that ban same-sex marriage, licenses issued by defiant local officials have later been overturned.

The Pennsylvania ban is being challenged by an ACLU lawsuit.

Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman, a Republican, did not return phone messages.

The chairman of the Montgomery County Commission predicted that marriage equality will come to Pennsylvania. “It’s a question of how long it will take, and what will be the legal process to achieve it,” Josh Shapiro said.