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Born | Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. | October 7, 1942
Died | December 18, 2008 Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 66)
Resting place | Fairfax Memorial Park |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Joyce Smigun |
Children | 5 |
Education | University of Wisconsin, Parkside |
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Paul Michael Weyrich (/ˈweɪrɪk/; October 7, 1942 – December 18, 2008)[1][2][3][4] was an American religious conservative political activist and commentator associated with the New Right. He co-founded The Heritage Foundation,[5] the Free Congress Foundation, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and coined the term "moral majority," the name of the political action group Moral Majority that he co-founded in 1979 with Jerry Falwell.
Paul Weyrich helped American conservatism rise to prominence. It's fitting that his death comes at the movement's nadir
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