The Texas House will not vote on a resolution honoring a prominent North Texas gay couple after GOP opposition emerged, The Dallas Morning News has learned.

House Resolution 85 was meant to honor Mark Phariss and Victor Holmes, two Plano residents who sued to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The state of Texas conceded defeat after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage is a constitutional right in 2015.

The congratulatory resolution, a symbolic gesture that wouldn’t change state law, notes that the couple has “made a lasting, positive difference through their advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community” and notes that Phariss is a longtime attorney and Holmes served in the Air Force when members of the military were not allowed to openly identify as gay.