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Donald Ellis Wildmon〔()〕 (born January 18, 1938) is an ordained United Methodist minister, author, former radio host, and founder and chairman emeritus of the American Family Association and American Family Radio. == Life and career == Wildmon was born in Dumas, Mississippi, the son of Johnnie Bernice (née Tigrett), a schoolteacher, and Ellis Clifton Wildmon, a civil servant.〔()〕〔()〕 Wildmon graduated from Millsaps College in 1960. In 1961, he married Lynda Lou Bennett, with whom he has two sons and two daughters. From 1961 to 1963, he served in the U.S. Army. He gained his Master of Divinity (MDiv.) from Emory University's Candler School of Theology in 1965.〔(Donald Wildmon )〕 He was ordained as a minister of the United Methodist Church in 1964 and served as a pastor until 1977, when he left the pastoral ministry to campaign against pornography and violence in the media. In June 1977, he moved to Tupelo, Mississippi, to establish the National Federation for Decency (NFD), the predecessor to the modern American Family Association, because after watching television one night in December 1976 he felt that no primetime television program was appropriate for his family with young children. With a membership of 1,400, NFD's first television advertiser boycott was during spring 1978 and against Sears for sponsoring ''All in the Family'', ''Charlie's Angels'', and ''Three's Company''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three's Company )〕 Sears withdrew sponsorship of the latter two programs. In February 1980, Wildmon founded the Coalition for Better Television (CBTV), this time with the help of the Rev. Jerry Falwell and claiming a nationwide membership of 5 million.〔 However, following a dispute with Falwell, the organization disbanded two years later. That same year, Wildmon formed a new organization, Christian Leaders for Responsible Television (CLEAR-TV). Wildmon's son Tim is president of AFA and ran a news organization called Agape Press, which went offline in early 2007, when it merged with AFR News to create online newswire ''One News Now''. 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「Donald Wildmon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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