Ian Paisley

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[[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]].

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 supports the criminalisation of [[homosexuality]], once opposing reform of laws relating to homosexuality with a campaign that he bravely called "Save Ulster from Sodomy"<ref>McKittrick, David (24 May 2007). Ian Paisley: Can the Big Man say 'Yes'? ''The Independent''.</ref>. Rev. 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".

In 1988, during a speech by [[Pope John Paul II]] to the [[European Parliament]], Paisley, who was a Member of the European Parliament, held up a poster reading "Pope John Paul II Antichrist" and called "I renounce you as the Antichrist"<ref>MacDonald, Susan (10 February 1988). Paisley ejected for insulting Pope. ''The Times''.</ref><ref>Chrisafis, Angelique (16 September, 2004). The return of Dr. No. ''The Guardian''.</ref><ref>[http://www.ianpaisley.org/antichrist.asp The Pope is the Antichrist]</ref>. In 1963 he held a rally to object to the lowering of the national flag at [[Belfast]] City Hall to mark the passing of [[Pope John XXIII]]<ref>McKittrick, David (24 May 2007). Ian Paisley: Can the Big Man say 'Yes'? ''The Independent''.</ref>.

In 2007 Dr Paisley became First Minister of the devolved Northern Ireland Government, with [[Martin McGuiness]], a senior [[Sinn Fein]] leader and former [[IRA]] commander in [[Londonderry]], as his Deputy First Minister.

Ian Paisley is a symbol of the conservative counter culture throughout the island of Ireland, constantly destroying liberal arguments wherever he sees them. He is widly regarded as a bigot even by most moderate unionists.

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