Lynn said: "The voluntary aspect is almost of no consequence. It is government-supported religion, and it is just as unconstitutional in a prison as it would be in a public housing project... We are certainly going to be looking at this very carefully and very closely."
Similarly, Howard Simon of the American Civil Liberties Union said: "I think the governor is just creating what will be an inevitable constitutional showdown about whether it is permissible to use state dollars and state facilities to promote religion. They are not appropriate programs to be sponsored by state government."