New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling for an investigation after a same-sex couple was denied a marriage license in Montgomery County, in the town of Root.

Town Clerk Laurel "Sherrie" Eriksen refused to issue the license, despite it being a legal right for all same-sex couples since 2011 in the state, with the passage of the Marriage Equality Act, which Cuomo himself signed into law.

That law mandates that "no application for a marriage license shall be denied on the ground that the parties are of the same, or a different, sex."

Dylan Toften posted about the incident he and his partner faced on social media, where it went viral.

Toften tagged Cuomo, who responded on Twitter, calling it "an unconscionable act of discrimination that goes against our values as New Yorkers."

Town Attorney Robert Subik confirmed to The Daily Gazette that the refusal occurred, blaming it on the men not making an appointment, as required, as well as on the clerk's religious objection.

"She has a religious objection and has referred the matter to her deputy clerk, who has no such objection and will issue the license when they make an appointment," Subik said.

The men have since obtained their license by going to a different office, in Cobleskill.

Other clerks have made headlines for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, including, most famously, Kim Davis in Kentucky. The state removed the requirement for magistrates to sign off on marriage licenses in response to that case.

In New York state, in 2011, Ledyard Town Clerk Rose Marie Belforti also refused to issue same-sex licenses.

Toften and his partner plan to wed later this month, and he shared a thank you message for all the support he has received.