I hope he prevails in his opposition.
Churches have got to stop accepting state funds. It’s unfortunate, because this means that a lot of needy people won’t get service, but the state doesn’t care.
If the Church goes and sets up parallel services, people will support them; however, the world of social services is so incredibly hemmed in with state laws that even an organization that doesn’t take state money is going to find it hard to operate without having the state trying to impose its will. It can do this through licensing, for example.
The State is really on the attack, and I’m glad Chaput is standing up to them. Cardinal O’Connor was a great one for that, too, and they always backed down. It’s the success the state has had with the weak, politically correct bishops who have dominated the USCCB for years that has emboldened it.