One of Alabama's best-known conservative voices is calling on the state's probate judges to refuse to sign same-sex marriage licenses on Monday.

Rick Burgess, of the syndicated show Rick and Bubba, said the judges should follow the example of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the breaking of what the civil rights leader referred to as "unjust laws."

Burgess sent out the following message via social media Wednesday:

If you are a probate judge in my state and you claim to follow Christ. Make a stand and refuse to sign same sex marriage licenses — rick burgess (@bigvox) February 4, 2015

We asked him to expound on those thoughts and he's provided AL.com with more details:

"I think probate judges who are Christians find themselves in a "Daniel" moment from the Bible that they claim to believe. God goes on record on how He created marriage in Genesis 2:18-24. He has never changed His mind. Daniel followed the law of the land until it asked him to go against God and the Bible tells us that Daniel had resolved in his heart that he would not worship the king, even though it was the law.

If you are a Christian and a probate judge do you condone a version of marriage that goes against God even though it's the current law of the land? Martin Luther King Jr. in his letter from a Birmingham jail covered this when explaining to fellow pastors why he would continue to break "unjust" laws.

Christians have the same freedoms given to all people of this country to fight to raise their families in a society that best reflects their convictions. It's time to fight."

Earlier this week, a federal appeals court denied Alabama's request to stay a lower court ruling striking down the state's same-sex marriage ban. Same-sex marriages are set to begin on Monday. The reaction from Probate Judges has been mixed.