On November 2nd in an off year election proposition 3 would amend the Texas state constitution to stop the government from placing limits on church services. So, if there is another pandemic, or if the current one just shifts to be even more contagious and/or deadly, churches will become centers for spreading the disease.
This is about money and nothing else. No people in the building, no money in the coffers.
It's also about revving up their base. Rethuglicans never miss an opportunity to remind people they are the freedom party. Over and over again those reminders damage both our society and their own voters.