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Paul Michael Weyrich (October 7, 1942 – December 18, 2008)〔(Conservative Leader Paul Weyrich Dies; First to Lead Heritage ) Heritage Foundation. Retrieved on December 18, 2008.〕 was an American religious conservative political activist and commentator, most notable as a figurehead of the New Right. He co-founded the conservative think tanks, the Heritage Foundation,〔 the Free Congress Foundation, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). He coined the term "moral majority", the name of the political action group Moral Majority that he co-founded in 1979 with Jerry Falwell. He switched from the Roman Rite of the Roman Catholic Church to that of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and was ordained protodeacon. ==Early life and conservative activism== Born in Racine, Wisconsin to Virginia M. (née Wickstrom) and Ignatius A. Weyrich,〔()〕 Paul Weyrich became involved in politics while a student at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside. He was active in the Racine County Young Republicans from 1961 to 1963 and in Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign. He spent his early career in journalism as a political reporter for the ''Milwaukee Sentinel'' newspaper, as political reporter and weekend anchor for WISN-TV (Milwaukee)〔 ''Fabricated Frenzy'', Paul Weyrich Op-Ed, ''The Washington Times'', July 13, 2008, p. B3〕 and in radio, as a reporter for WAXO-FM (Kenosha), WLIP-AM and as news director of KQXI (Denver). In 1966,〔Brown, Ruth Murray. ''For a 'Christian America': A History of the Religious Right'', 2002. Prometheus Books, New York, pp. 131-35 (ISBN 1573929735)〕 he became press secretary to Republican U.S. Senator Gordon L. Allott of Colorado.〔 While serving in this capacity, he met Jack Wilson, an aide of Joseph Coors, patriarch of the Coors brewing family. Frustrated with the state of public policy research, they founded Analysis and Research Inc., in 1971, but this organization failed to gain traction. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Weyrich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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