TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to continue enforcing its ban on gay marriage.

Schmidt’s office filed the request Monday with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who handles emergency requests from the federal appeals circuit that includes Kansas.

The appeals court rejected a similar request last week.

Schmidt wants the high court to put on hold an injunction last week from U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree that prohibits Kansas from enforcing its policies against gay marriage, including a provision of the state Constitution.

Crabtree’s order is due to take effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The judge issued the order in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union for two lesbian couples denied marriage licenses last month.