DOJ defunds youth programs over god

Julian Whittington, the sheriff of Bossier Parish, La., is joining forces with state senators and representatives who are contesting the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division's alleged refusal to provide federal grants to two local youth programs over their religious references.
The DOJ reportedly neglected to fund the Young Marines program and its affiliated Bossier Youth Diversion program a total of $30,000 in annual federal funding after a DOJ representative attended an audit last year and noticed that the Young Marines group makes a pledge to God and the Bossier Youth Diversion program holds a student-led, voluntary prayer at their meetings.
According to Sheriff Whittington, the DOJ then sent a letter to the Bossier Sheriff's Office, which sponsors and ministers the local Young Marines chapter, asking that Sheriff Whittington sign a pledge vowing to bar religious references at the youth program meetings.
According to Whittington, the DOJ reportedly stated that it would not be able to grant the sheriff's office its federal grant until the signed pledge was provided.

OK, so?