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A false dilemma is a type of informal fallacy in which something is falsely claimed to be an "either/or" situation, when in fact there is at least one additional option.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
One can go to black churches and still not pretend that one is a fan of Christian scripture, when one is avowedly not a Christian.
Also, HRC said that the Bible was the book that had the
biggest influence on who she is, not that it was "her favorite book of all time." Also, she didn't say this on a campaign stop.
Clinton opened up about her favorite books and authors, name-dropping famous literary names like John Grisham, Toni Morrison and Walter Isaacson.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/books/review/hillary-rodham-clinton-by-the-book.html?ref=review&_r=1
But accurately representing what she said and in what setting doesn't present an opportunity to get a derisive little shiv in on HRC, and doesn't prop up a false equivalence, does it?
False equivalence is a logical fallacy in which two completely opposing arguments appear to be logically equivalent when in fact they are not. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence