secular and the religious right. He was a key organizer of the Moral Majority in 1979 and the Christian Coalition in 1989 where he continues as an active strategist. Weyrich also runs the Free Congress Foundation (FCF) which he founded with Richard Viguerie, an old friend from his days in Buckley's YAF. The Free Congress Foundation does everything from training future leaders in Eastern Europe to running National Empowerment Television.
             Richard Viguerie, who calls himself "politically Christian", began his political career working for Buckley's YAF in Washington, D. C. He hand copied Goldwater's campaign donor list and launched a highly lucrative conservative direct mail fundraising business. He went on to become the resident expert and among the first to discover and develop "Direct Mail" as a political tool which has raised millions of dollars by focusing on anti-ERA, anti-Choice messages to generate Christian and conservative contributions.
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