It doesn't count as an empty threat if they pull the trigger:
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has ended its 80-year-old foster-care program in the District rather than license same-sex couples, the first fallout from a bitter debate over the city's move to legalize same-sex marriage.[...]
The church and some experts said the city's measure has narrower exemptions for religious groups than other same-sex marriage laws across the country, particularly when it comes to requiring benefits for the same-sex partners of employees.
City officials knew of no other faith-based groups that said their city contracts were in jeopardy.
I do have to say I'm surprised - I thought they were just bluffing back when they threatened to pull out of so-called charity programs (it doesn't strike me as all that charitable to get a government contract to perform a task and then to perform it in exchange for money. Most people call that contracting). Not that it matters; their caseload (and district funding) was transferred to a Baptist charity that doesn't seem to have a problem with providing those benefits:
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