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The legality of same-sex marriage in Alabama continues to become more complicated one week after the Alabama Supreme Court ordered a halt to the distribution of marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

On Tuesday, the state’s high court issued an order barring Mobile Probate Judge Don Davis from marrying same-sex couples — despite an earlier federal court injunction explicitly prohibiting him from enforcing Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage.

“Because we find Judge Davis’s concern to be without merit, and for the additional reasons discussed below, Judge Davis’s motion for extension is denied, and he is added as a respondent to this mandamus proceeding and is enjoined from issuing any further marriage licenses contrary to Alabama law,” the order states.

The order came one week after the Alabama Supreme Court issued an order that affirmed Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, halting same-sex marriages in the state that resulted from U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade striking down the prohibition on gay nuptials.

At the time of the order, the state high court asked Davis to provide additional information on whether he should be exempt from the ruling because he was specifically named in a federal injunction. But the most recent word makes clear Mobile County is included in the Alabama Supreme Court’s order.

The new order from the Alabama Supreme Court exacerbates the legal chaos that already existed in the state following the ruling from the high court, which contradicts federal court rulings on the state’s marriage ban. The Alabama Supreme Court decision was the last order given to state probate judges, but under the Supremacy Clause, the federal government has the ultimate say on the law.

A message on the Mobile County Probate Court’s website indicates the office is closed for the time being to all couples, gay or straight, seeking to marry.

“On the advice of legal counsel and to ensure compliance with all existing orders of the Alabama Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court, as they are currently understood, the Court cannot issue any marriage license to any applicants at this time” the website says. “The Court will not discriminate in any manner against any person. We regret any inconvenience this action may cause Mobile County citizens.”

Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said the Mobile County Probate Court must follow the guidance from the federal court, not the state court.

“Judge Davis [is] legally required to comply with Judge Granade’s order, which she has already explained must be followed despite any Alabama law or order to the contrary,” Minter said.

Meanwhile, a group of five civil rights organizations last week filed a motion asking Granade to expand the lawsuit challenging Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage into a class-action lawsuit, which would have the effect of ordering all 68 county probate judges in the state to distribute marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The joint filing was submitted by the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center.

“If Alabama officials thought we were going to sit back and allow them to deny same-sex couples their constitutional right to marry, they thought wrong,” said Ayesha Khan, legal director of Americans United. “We are going to fight for these couples.”

The filing was criticized by Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, who’s been defending the state’s marriage ban in court. On Monday, Strange filed his own motion asking the federal court to hold off on a decision until a nationwide ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on marriage expected in June.

“The Court should not further undermine the relationship between the state and federal courts by granting Plaintiffs leave to drastically change the nature of this case at this late date,” the filing states. “Granting the relief the Plaintiffs seek will only add to all the chaos and confusion in Alabama, and will only increase the tension between the state and federal courts.”

David Dinielli, head of the LGBT project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said another order is necessary from the federal court affirming all probate judges are enjoined from enforcing Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage.

“The motion is well founded, and the federal court’s authority to issue such an order is clear, notwithstanding the Alabama Supreme Court’s prior ruling,” Dinielli said. “We are confident that our federal court motion will put an end to Alabama’s unseemly uncertainty.”

UPDATE: Granade has set Tuesday as the deadline for a response from Mobile County to respond to the request from civil rights groups to expand the federal litigation. After LGBT groups reply to the response, Granade could issue a ruling soon after.