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[[Image:IanPaisley.gif|frame|Doctor the Reverend Ian Paisley MP]]
[[Image:IanPaisley.gif|frame|Doctor the Reverend Ian Paisley MP]]
'''Dr Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley MP MLA''' (born April 6, 1926) is a [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[conservative]] [[politician]] and [[religious]] leader. Paisley uses the title "Doctor" on the basis of an honorary [[Doctor of Divinity]] degree awarded by [[Bob Jones University]].
'''Dr Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley MP MLA''' (6 April 1926 – 12 September 2014) is a [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[conservative]] [[politician]] and [[religious]] leader. Paisley uses the title "Doctor" on the basis of an honorary [[Doctor of Divinity]] degree awarded by [[Bob Jones University]].
He is the founder and head of the [[fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] [[Free Presbyterian Church]] and the head of the [[Democratic Unionist Party]]. He is a lifelong [[teetotaller]] who refers to alcohol as "the Devil's buttermilk", a [[creationism|creationist]], [[pro-life]], and a supporter of the criminalisation of [[homosexuality]], once opposing reform of laws relating to homosexuality with a campaign that he called "Save Ulster from Sodomy".<ref>McKittrick, David (24 May 2007). Ian Paisley: Can the Big Man say 'Yes'? ''The Independent''.</ref> Paisley always denied that Northern Irish [[Catholic]]s were poor because of religious discrimination. He said that they were poor because "they breed like [[rabbits]] and multiply like vermin".
He is the founder and head of the [[fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] [[Free Presbyterian Church]] and the head of the [[Democratic Unionist Party]]. He is a lifelong [[teetotaller]] who refers to alcohol as "the Devil's buttermilk", a [[creationism|creationist]], [[pro-life]], and a supporter of the criminalisation of [[homosexuality]], once opposing reform of laws relating to homosexuality with a campaign that he called "Save Ulster from Sodomy".<ref>McKittrick, David (24 May 2007). Ian Paisley: Can the Big Man say 'Yes'? ''The Independent''.</ref> Paisley always denied that Northern Irish [[Catholic]]s were poor because of religious discrimination. He said that they were poor because "they breed like [[rabbits]] and multiply like vermin".