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The chapter separates the coalition's breadth from the undeniable importance of religious organizations within it.
Joe L. Coker rejects the idea that Prohibition was driven only by religious conservatives, describing support that crossed evangelical and modernist Protestantism, progressive and conservative reform, secular social science, public-order concerns, and multiple institutional constituencies.
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Myth 2 — Religious Conservatives Spearheaded the Prohibition Movement
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