After a brief suspension, the probate judge in Madison County is again issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

A clerk in the probate court's office in Huntsville told AL.com on Thursday morning that licenses were again being issued "to everyone." The change went into effect Thursday, the clerk said.

Probate Judge Tommy Ragland suspended the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses on Wednesday in wake of the administrative order filed by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore that gay marriage was still a violation of state law. Marriage licenses were still issued to opposite-sex couples.

The U.S. Supreme Court last year ruled that gay marriage was legal nationwide.

Madison was one of at least three counties on Wednesday that halted disbursal of marriage licenses in wake of Moore's order.

Gay marriage advocates rallied outside the Madison County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon.