( CNN ) The Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered probate judges in the state to stop issuing licenses for same-sex marriages . In February , a federal court decision in Mobile County had cleared the path for same-sex marriages to begin in the state . The 134-page order Wednesday was supported by six justices . One dissented and another concurred to most of the opinion and in total to the result . Past and present clash over same-sex marriage in Deep South . Marriage is between one man and one woman under Alabama law , the order states . `` Alabama probate judges have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to this law . Nothing in the United States Constitution alters or overrides this duty , '' it says . Probate judges have five business days to respond to the order if they do n't think they are bound to uphold it . `` Same-sex couples in # Alabama should not lose hope because of out-of-step Supreme Court ruling ; # marriage fight is far from over . # ALMarriage , '' tweeted Equality Alabama . The Liberty Counsel , which filed an emergency petition to the state 's Supreme Court said on its website that `` the ruling of the Alabama Supreme Court offers the most forceful and clearly articulated rebuttal to date of the imaginative arguments for same-sex `` marriage '' employed by federal courts . '' In his dissent , Justice Greg Shaw wrote that he did n't think the case was properly filed nor did the court have jurisdiction . He also said the public interest groups involved in the case can not sue in Alabama 's name . Shaw added that the federal courts should have stayed an order striking down Alabama 's marriage law until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on it this fall . Then there were 12 : Nebraska ordered to end same-sex marriage ban . CNN 's Chandler Friedman and Matt Tettelbach contributed to this report .
A federal judge in Alabama had cleared way for same-sex marriages . Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday said state law can not be overridden by federal ruling . Judges have five days to respond to order if they disagree .