You should know by this time that Barry Lynn's concern is not about the State funding a Christian program, his problem is with anything Christian.
Why else did he sue Prison Fellowship Ministries, and not the State? These articles read as if it is PFM that is running the prison.
The judge seems to think that PFM forced the state to pay for the program.
I'll bet this suit was filed in Iowa specifically to get it heard by Judge Pratt, because Lynn knew he would get the ruling he wanted from Pratt. This will go all the way to the Supreme Court.