Terry Dolan (activist)
John Terrence "Terry" Dolan (1950 – December 28, 1986) was an American New Right political activist who was a co-founder and chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC).[1] Dolan was also, during the mid to late 1970s, in the leadership of Christian Voice, "the nation's oldest conservative Christian lobby".[2]
While Dolan was a proponent of family values and the organizations he led were persistently critical of gay rights, he was revealed to have been a closeted homosexual [3][4][5][6] who frequented gay bars in Washington, D.C.[7] He died from complications of AIDS at the age of 36.[8]
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Political activities
College Republicans
A native of Connecticut, Dolan became active in politics during his teens as a Republican volunteer. At age 21, he worked as a paid organizer in Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential re-election campaign.[9] The following year, he was a candidate for chairman of the College Republican National Committee but lost to Karl Rove.[10]
Christian Voice to Moral Majority
After Christian Voice co-founder Dr. Robert Grant ousted Dolan, Howard Phillips, and Richard Viguerie from the Christian Voice organization, the trio went on to help persuade Jerry Falwell to build a new Christian Right organization, the Moral Majority.[citation needed]
National Conservative Political Action Committee
Dolan was later a co-founder and chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC).[1] He co-authored Reagan: A President Succeeds with Gregory Fossedal. His brother, Anthony R. Dolan, was also a political activist and Ronald Reagan's chief presidential speechwriter.[11]
Dolan was a member of the Council for National Policy Board of Governors, a member of the advisory board for CAUSA International (an educational, anti-communist organization founded by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon),[12][13] and Director of Conservatives Against Liberal Legislation (CALL).[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elizabeth Kastor (1987), The Cautious Closet of the Gay Conservative; In the Life and Death of Terry Dolan, Mirror Images From the Age of AIDS, The Washington Post, May 11, 1987.
- ↑ Christian Voice, Inc., archive.org.
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- ↑ Steve Endean (2006), Bringing Lesbian And Gay Rights Into the Mainstream: Twenty Years of Progress, Haworth Press; ISBN 1-56023-526-8, p. 269
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- ↑ The New Right Takes Aim, Time magazine, August 20, 1979.
- ↑ Karl Rove: The Strategist, by Dan Balz, Washington Post, July 23, 1999.
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- ↑ Michael Isikoff, Church Spends Millions on its Image, The Washington Post, September 17, 1984, page A1.
- ↑ Sun Myung Moon's Followers Recruit Christians to Assist in Battle Against Communism Christianity Today June 15, 1985.
- ↑ John T. (Terry) Dolan, The Council for National Policy: Selected Member Biographies[unreliable source?]
External links
- "Terry Dolan, RIP" at the Wayback Machine (archived March 17, 2009), National Review, January 30, 1987.
