Staying open and fighting will be a powerful witness but a short-term solution. The IRS is empowered by Obamacare to levy fines and I’m sure there are provisions for imprisonment somewhere in that monstrosity of a bill.
There is no long-term solution aside from reclaiming Constitutional government, and making the current dictatorship get into a shooting war with a substantial portion of the citizenry could help with that.
Abandoning all works of charity to the government is apostasy from our Christian faith, and is simply not a choice. If Cardinal George is truly contemplating this abject surrender to evil, I'm deeply disappointed in him.
And before someone brings up the issue of taking government funds, that's no longer relevant. The current regulations require all employers to cooperate in evil through the "free abortion pills" mandate.
Fines? Prison? I believe most of Paul’s epistles were written from one prison or another. And let’s see, weren’t Christians tortured and killed rather than forsake their God? D’ya think Obama will top that?
Frankly, before Obama would institute mass arrests and incarcerations his agents would suffer enough casualties to cause him to reconsider. I know several people who would pull the trigger on any officer that mistreated a Pastor or Bishop.