Evangelical Moral Majority politics opposed religious pluralism partly to exclude Muslims from policy influence

Evidence

Just as international events shaped American perceptions of Muslims, so too did domestic politics. The American Evangelical Moral Majority, headed by the Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr., was spearheading a political campaign against a perceived tide of secularism in the United States. Falwell’s 1980 best-selling book, Listen America!, opposed religious pluralism because it would pave the way for Muslims, Hindus, and other religious minorities to shape public policy. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 676

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the notion that Judeo-Christian identity functions as a tool of racial exclusion applied to Muslims. — connects to: Only white evangelicals had a majority supporting an all-refugee ban — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 651; The limits on pluralism are political choices, not moral or rational dictates. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 428