Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Roy S. Moore, has ordered state judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite the landmark 2015 Supreme Court decision. Moore says that Alabama, which had a ban on gay marriage when the Supreme Court’s ruling was handed down, was not specifically named in the decision and as such, is not sure whether the nationwide ruling applies to the state.

Moore told news outlets that the state’s judges were still held to the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision until that court determined the full effects of the national ruling. “There is great confusion out there as to what orders to obey…I’m not causing the confusion, I’m trying to clarify it.”

Moore seems to be following the footsteps of Kim Davis, a county clerk in Kentucky who was briefly jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and later became a darling of the conservative right, even appearing at a pep rally with presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.

The Supreme Court issued their decision in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26th, 2015, prompting nationwide celebrations among the LGBTQ community but, now it seems the celebrations may have been premature for certain states.