I would think that even believers would be alarmed by this intrusion of government in personal religious decisions.
I agree. now I wouldn’t automatically exclude this program because it was run by a religious group or even that program had religious elements but being forced to talk about or participate in a religious exercise is over the line.
I’m an atheist as well so I understand where the guy is coming from (not that I would ever be in his situation). Christians should imagine themselves forced to participate in a Muslim prayer group for comparison.