A judge in Tennessee has ruled that a couple can name their child "Messiah," reversing a family court judge's ruling at a paternity hearing last month.

According to the Associated Press, Jaleesa Martin and the father of her son were in a child support hearing in August because they couldn't agree on a last name for their son, whom they had named Messiah.

When child support magistrate judge Lu Ann Ballew ruled, she changed the child's name to "Martin DeShawn McCullough" – eliminating the child's first name – which was not at issue – and using the father's last name.

Said Ballew, "The word Messiah is a title and it's a title that has only been earned by one person and that one person is Jesus Christ."

On Wednesday, Chancellor Telford E. Forgety Jr. overturned that decision, ruling that the lower court acted unconstitutionally. He said the lower court violated the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution.