TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Even with the U.S. Supreme Court allowing gay marriage in Kansas, the court clerk in the state’s most populous county won’t grant licenses until Kansas’ highest court resolves a separate case.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s defense of the state’s gay-marriage ban remains a roadblock to same-sex weddings Thursday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from Kansas to prevent same-sex couples from marrying while the state fights the issue in court.

Schmidt contends the decision applies only in two counties where court clerks wouldn’t issue marriage licenses and were sued by the American Civil Liberties Union.

And he’s still pursuing a separate case before the Kansas Supreme Court. The Johnson County court clerk is refusing to issue licenses to same-sex couples pending a resolution of that case.