In a signal of the type of resistance that could emerge in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday, an Alabama probate judge said that his office would no longer issue marriage licenses to anyone.

“My office discontinued issuing marriage licenses in February, and I have no plans to put Pike County back into the marriage business,” Probate Judge Wes Allen said in a statement. “The policy of my office regarding marriage is no different today than it was yesterday.”

The Supreme Court’s decision, Judge Allen said, had not voided a provision of Alabama law that says “marriage licenses may be issued by the judges of probate” in the state.

“The word ‘may’ provides probate judges with the option of whether or not to engage in the practice of issuing marriage licenses,” Judge Allen said, ‘and I have chosen not to perform that function.”

Judge Allen’s decision means that Pike County’s roughly 33,000 residents will have to obtain marriage licenses from probate offices elsewhere in the state.