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What the Catholic Charities should do at this point is to violate the law and continue to refuse to provide Birth Control benefits and see if the courts can then enforce this provision

I wholeheartedly agree with that. Balls to the wall time so to speak. Pardon my french. Time to push the envelope to see exactly what course the courts will take. Will they enforce it or look for a face saving out.

What are the penalties for refusal to conform to this law? Are they administrative or criminal?

Administrative? Dismiss those who refuse to follow the courts order or send a few to jail to get a feel of which way this thing will go. To see if others in the position of being fired or jailed relent and do as they are told. It will be very interesting to see if Catholicism stands it's moral ground or acquiescences.

Additionally if the government tried to come down on the Churches, then the power of the people might just be made manifest.

Agreed.

The courts have made their ruling. Now let them enforce it.

The courts have made their ruling. Now let them enforce it.

Needed to be said again.

There are so many laws on the books that are simply not enforced. I suspect this would be one of them. Once in a while a little Civil Disobedience is needed to keep these legislatures in line. What are they going to do? Close down the Charities? Then what are they going to do with all the people who are serviced by these organizations? Are the Atheists going to step up and do all this miserable thankless charity work? I suspect not.

Hey New York. Pound sand.