Same-sex couples again kept the Douglas County District Court clerk’s office busy Friday, the second day gay marriage became legal here.

Nine couples applied for marriage licenses Friday, said Autumn Bishop, communications coordinator for the clerk’s office. Of those, four requested and received waivers for the typical three-day waiting period and walked out with their licenses the same day.

On Thursday, 15 couples applied, seven received licenses and three married at the courthouse at the end of the day.

Two other same-sex couples applied prior to Thursday, so the total number of Douglas County applications now stands at 26, with 11 licenses issued so far.

Bishop said things went smoothly.

“As far as I can tell, it’s just business as usual,” she said.

Thursday drew news media and other onlookers to the courthouse along with the first same-sex couples, plus some of their hastily gathered small wedding parties.

That was the result of a U.S. Supreme Court order Wednesday, lifting a stay on a lower court’s temporary injunction, directing court clerks in Douglas and Sedgwick counties to start processing licenses for same-sex couples.

The Kansas Supreme Court plans to begin deliberating Monday morning on the question of whether other counties can begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.