A Texas judge issued a halt on a federal rule that would expand family medical benefits to same-sex couples claiming it intrudes on the rights of the states that ban gay marriage.

Wichita Falls federal district judge on Thursday granted Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to temporarily stop the federal government from revising the Family and Medical Leave Act to include federal employees in same-sex unions, according to Reuters.

The U.S. Labor Department made a rule that would grant family medical leave protections to all married same-sex couples across the U.S.

The state of Texas has a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Similarly, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Nebraska also joined the suit to protect their state laws that hold a ban on same-sex marriage.

Being a federal law, it requires that companies follow the marriage laws of the states in which their employees were married, rather than the state in which they reside in order to apply the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. FMLA requires employers to grant workers unpaid leave after giving birth or to care for sick family members without the fear of job loss.

“We are pleased that the Department of Labor’s effort to override our laws via federal rule-making has been halted, and we will continue to defend our sovereignty in this case,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement.

Although the rule has been acclaimed by gay rights groups and attorneys that represent workers, some companies are not all-in saying that it will impose a burden on them to know the relevant laws and employees’ personal information. While others believe that the uniform policy will ease the financial stress of complying with a list of laws.

Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to consider whether there is a constitutional right to marry for the first time. A federal ruling in favor of same-sex couples would subdue the family leave issue.