Jessica Bates, a mother in Oregon who had been blocked from adopting by the state government because of her stances on Christian sexual ethics, received a ruling that said she can now proceed with the adoption process.

Judges for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision on Thursday after more than two years of Bates and her attorneys challenging an Oregon Department of Health rule that “categorically excluded her from adopting any child, no matter their age or beliefs, because she would not lie to children and tell them that girls can be boys and vice versa.”

Oregon Department of Health officials must now process her adoption application because the Ninth Circuit believes she is likely to emerge victorious in the legal challenge.

“Every child deserves a loving home, and children suffer when the government excludes people of faith from the adoption and foster system,” Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Litigation Strategy Jonathan Scruggs said in a statement about the case.

Bates had made clear that she would “happily love and accept any child placed with her,” but she was rendered ineligible to adopt any children, even those who share her Christianity.

“Jessica is a caring mom of five who is now free to adopt after Oregon officials excluded her because of her common-sense belief that a girl cannot become a boy or vice versa,” Scruggs continued. “Because caregivers like Jessica cannot promote Oregon’s dangerous gender ideology to young kids and take them to events like pride parades, the state considers them to be unfit parents.”

The case highlights the conflict between Christian expression and the American legal regime which increasingly protects homosexuality and transgenderism, often resulting in the violation of rights for those who maintain their assertions of biblical sexual ethics.