Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and AG Ken Paxton briefed "faith leaders" on SB6 at a Hyde Park Baptist Church event in Austin. The event was called by the "US Pastor Council".

USPC is the only pastor-led ministry engaging in cultural, social, moral and governing issues from a Biblically-grounded perspective that is focused on developing strong, functioning teams of pastors in each city as a means of building a “bottom-up” network that is truly grassroots.The mission of the U.S. Pastor Council and community or state councils in the USPC network is to empower pastors and their congregations across racial and denominational lines to impact the culture and community through concerted prayer, to equip our congregations for effective citizenship and to provide a unified voice on spiritual, cultural, social and moral issues from a Biblical perspective. The AMERICA Plan was developed as a Purpose Statement of how pastors and churches can and must enage in godly citizenship.

--their own words

The America Plan? You can find that here. I'm not a legal scholar but it appears on the surface to run counter to tax-exempt status.

We MUST raise the standard of righteousness by engaging the culture, speaking against immorality and promoting a Biblical standard of morality and virtue into the culture and government. If applied effectively the above steps have always led to true and lasting societal transformation from the inside out and the bottom up.

The event was closed to reporters.

We proved that these ordinances create unequal rights for a tiny few who are broken and hurting that, instead of pointing them toward hope and healing, trample on the safety, privacy and freedom of our women and children.

Equal protection means exactly that, and we must keep all Texas women and children from suffering the violation of their privacy and safety that American blacks fought to eliminate.

--Willie Davis, Houston

Yesterday afternoon more than 40 religious leaders gathered at First United Methodist with an opposite view, many holding signs reading “My faith does not discriminate."

Our lawmakers are considering anti-transgender bathroom bills and bills that come disguised as religious freedom — dangerous pieces of legislation that place a religious mask over what amounts to state-sanctioned discrimination.

--Rev. Taylor Fuerst, First United Methodist

We were founded on a system of liberty and the pursuit of happiness and equality for all people, not just for some.

We believe in the separation of church and state. But more than that, we believe in the separation of church and hate. Enough is enough, and we are not going to be silent anymore

--Rev. Neil Cazares-Thomas, Cathedral of Hope in Dallas

Rabbi Mara Nathan of Temple Beth-El in San Antonio said Jews, who face hatred “for simply being who we are,” are commanded to use that experience “to reach out and protect the most vulnerable in our midst.”

A bill like SB 6, cloaked in religious platitudes, is offensive. We are all created in the image of God.

--Rabbi Nathan

The Rev. David Wynn, a transgender man and a pastor at Agape Metropolitan Community Church in Fort Worth, said he has grown weary of seeing his community pushed to the margins “under the guise of religious freedom.”

For those who support these attempts to legislate discrimination based on religion and call themselves Christian, please stop. You don’t get it. It’s offensive.

--Rev. Wynn