The NAE ousted its chief lobbyist over moderation on Muslims, climate, and gay unions

Evidence

Dobson and other conservative evangelicals pressured the NAE to oust Cizik that year, both for his attempts at Muslim-Christian dialogue and for his activism on global warming. This was easily accomplished the next year, when Cizik came out in support of same-sex civil unions. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 510

Categorization

• XREF: Institutional enforcement of the militant-masculinity and culture-war boundaries; an example of the social cost of dissent inside evangelical organizations.
• SHARE: A concrete institutional-power story that crystallizes how the militant strand policed its own leadership ranks.