The Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered probate judges in the state to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses. The ruling adds to the confusion surrounding gay marriage in the state. A federal judge found that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional in January. Some probate judges refused to comply with that ruling and Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore said that probate judges didn't have to follow it. The conflicting orders prompted Elmore County Probate Judge John E.