Texas Democrat Glen Maxey, a former state legislator and the first openly gay member of the Texas Legislature, has filed a complaint against Attorney General Ken Paxton with the State Bar of Texas.

Maxey has accused Paxton of violating professional rules of legal conduct and instructing county clerks to break the law over gay marriage.

After the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across the United States, Paxton issued a nonbinding legal opinion stating county clerks could follow their own conscience and refuse to issue licenses to same-sex couples.

As NBC News reported, the majority of county clerks in Texas did in fact issue out licenses, some, however, elected to wait a day or more after the ruling.

Maxey accused Paxton of misleading county and state officials based on what he is calling a "false premise." 

In a statement published on the Texas Democrats website, Maxey wrote, “It’s irresponsible for an elected official -- and a lawyer -- to tell other elected officials to break the law. He’s misleading county and state officials based on a false premise that they can discriminate against same-sex couples.” 

Noting that the Supreme Court was clear on their decision to let same-sex couple marry, Maxey added, “Paxton took an oath to defend and protect the constitution, he must comply with the court’s decision.”

Although Maxey acted alone, 150 other Texas attorneys have signed a missive that says that they too are near to complaining to the State Bar of Texas about Paxton’s opinion. Those signatures were collected by former director of the State Bar of Texas Stever Fischer, and Brian Bouffard, a Fort Worth military and criminal defense attorney.

As reported in the Dallas Morning News, their press release statement said that the Texas attorney general “has violated several sections of the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Conduct by encouraging state employees in their noncompliance with the United States Supreme Court.”