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Michael Flynn is wrong. Christians shouldn't mandate one religion for everyone in America.

Ed Stetzer
Opinion contributor

Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn caused a firestorm with his recent comments on Nov. 13 at the "ReAwaken America Tour" in San Antonio. 

"If we are going to have one nation under God – which we must – we have to have one religion," said Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was pardoned by then-President Donald Trump last November.

The tour, organized by Clay Clark, whom The Guardian calls a "media figure and Christian entrepreneur" from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has included stops in Florida, Michigan, California and Texas. Flynn followed the pattern of Christian nationalism by taking a biblical passage aimed at Christ's disciples and applying it to the United States.