With a toothy laugh, Tennessee GOP primary gubernatorial candidate Monty Fritts defends his pledge to ban Muslim mosques and other “pagan” houses of worship. Fritts hails from East Tennessee and identifies as a Southern Baptist and Christian nationalist. … There’s no room for mosques in the state of Tennessee.” With a smile, small-government-advocate Fritts perverts the gospel into a call for the government to impose Christianity. Brad Bull is a direct descendent of the founder of Bulls Gap, one of the first European settlements of Tennessee.