Ian Paisley Jnr MLA
Junior Minister in the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister
In office 8 May 2007 – 26 February 2008
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim
Born	12 December 1966 (1966-12-12) (age 41) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse	Fiona Paisley
Website	http://www.ipjr.net/

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In 1990, he married Fiona, and they have four children. He is a member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. The Free Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian denomination founded and moderated by the cleric and politician, Ian Paisley¹. Most of its membership live in Ulster. ...

Childhood

Born in Belfast in 1966, Paisley is the youngest child of the Reverend Ian Paisley and his wife Eileen Paisley. He was brought up in a large detached house on Cyprus Ave, Belfast with his three elder sisters, Sharon, Rhonda and Cherith, and his twin-brother, Kyle.^[1] Being the younger of the twins, he was named after his father who was the younger of two brothers.^[1] He regularly attended the Free Presbyterian Church where his father preached since he was a small child of 2 or 3 years.^[1] In August 2007 he was the subject of the third episode of the BBC radio 4 series The House I Grew Up In, in which he talked about a happy childhood and secure family life, despite political problems in Ireland at that time.^[1] Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926), styled The Revd and Rt Hon. ... Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The House I Grew Up In is a BBC radio series. ...

Education

After leaving primary school, he was educated at Shaftesbury House College, and then in the sixth form at Methodist College Belfast, before gaining admission to the Queen's University of Belfast.^[1] At university, he read Modern History and Irish Politics, and gained a BA (Hons) and MSSc respectively. After finishing his post-graduate studies, he worked for his father as a political researcher and parliamentary aide. Despite being dyslexic and having to resit his degree three times, Paisley has used his fathers power to climb the political ladder. Methodist College Belfast, styled locally as Methody, is a voluntary grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... The Queens University of Belfast (QUB) is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland; the university is often called Queens University Belfast. ... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ... A Master of Social Science (MSSc) is a taught Masters degree in the United Kingdom. ...

Political career

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In 1996, Paisley was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum for North Antrim. Then, in 1998 he was again returned for the constituency to the Northern Ireland Assembly. He is one of three DUP members who have taken their seats on the Northern Ireland Policing Board, and is also the party's justice spokesman and press officer. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Northern Ireland Forum, or formally the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 for the conduction of the negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement (or the Good Friday Agreement) in 1998. ... North Antrim is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly, a six flowered linen or flax plant. ... The Northern Ireland Policing Board is the Police Authority for Northern Ireland, charged with supervising the activities of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. ...

Controversy

In 2005, Ian Paisley Jr. came under some criticism for his vocal objections to same-sex marriages. Upon learning that David Trimble's aide, Steven King, had married his partner in Canada, Mr. Paisley was quoted as saying, "It is really astounding that David Trimble should have had a man such as this giving him advice - and must surely cast grave doubts on his own political judgement. I think these sorts of relationships are immoral, offensive and obnoxious".^[2] Vagant bishop Pat Buckley described him as the "baby dinosaur of the 21st century", and the Northern Ireland-based gay men's advocacy group, The Rainbow Project, called for his removal from the Policing Board. One of four newly wedded same-sex couples in a public wedding at Taiwan Pride 2006. ... The Lord Trimble William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC (born 15 October 1944), known as David Trimble, is a Northern Irish politician who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the first First Minister of Northern Ireland. ... Episcopi vagantes (Episcopus vagans, singular) (Latin for wandering bishops) are persons who have been consecrated as bishops in a Christian church in some irregular fashion, especially those claiming to have valid Roman Catholic orders although their consecrations were not authorized by that church, or those having orders that the Roman...

He caused further controversy in May 2007, when in an interview with journalist Jason O'Toole in Hot Press magazine, he said "I am pretty repulsed by gay and lesbianism. I think it is wrong. I think that those people harm themselves and - without caring about it - harm society. That doesn't mean to say that I hate them - I mean, I hate what they do".^[3] Dolores Kelly, the SDLP equality spokesman called on the Northern Ireland Assembly to censure Mr Paisley, saying "Ian Paisley is a junior minister in the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister, the department which is charged with promoting equality and bringing forward the Single Equality Bill. Vulnerable groups who are potential victims of discrimination should be able to look to him for help, not attack". However, the DUP denied that Paisley Jr.'s comments were discriminatory. Hot Press is a fortnightly music and political magazine founded in 1977, based in Dublin, Ireland. ... Cllr Dolores Kelly (born 3 September 1959) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Upper Bann. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly, a six flowered linen or flax plant. ... This article is about the political party in Northern Ireland. ...

There was continued controversy over the summer of 2007 over the nature of the relationship between Mr Paisley and property developer Seymour Sweeney. Questions were raised during an edition of Spotlight (NI) on 23rd September 2007 as to whether or not Mr Paisley had acted improperly when lobbying for Mr Sweeney regarding the Giant's Causeway visitor centre. It has also emerged that Mr Paisley bought one of a series of houses built in Bushmills by Mr Sweeney (at full market value) after a local councillor and the previous landowner had been told that planning permission would not be granted for a development of more than two houses on that site. Spotlight is the name given to BBC Northern Irelands weekly current affairs programme. ... (Redirected from 23rd) 23 (twenty-three) is the natural number following 22 and preceding 24. ... For other uses, see September (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see Giants Causeway (disambiguation). ...

He made a public blunder in an interview in which, after having been asked of his relationship with Sweeney, he said "I know of him." This prompted several prominent media figures to parody the moment. Nuala McKeever, the actress known for her roles in local comedies such as "Give My Head Peace" and her one woman show "Out Of the Box", joked in her Ireland-based touring sketch-show, "It's Not all Rain and Potatoes", "Ian Paisley Jr. is developing a new throat-lozenge. It's called Fisherman's acquaintance. It has no sugar but it has a few sweeteners." This is a reference to the confectionery item, Fisherman's Friend. The Fishermans Friend range of lozenges were originally created in Fleetwood, Lancashire in 1865 to relieve various respiratory problems suffered by fishermen who sailed from the town. ...

The Sweeney controversy took yet another twist in January 2008 when Jim Allister MEP made public a letter from David Hanson to Mr Paisley listing 6 requests by Mr Paisley relating to constituency matters which Mr Allister alleged formed part of the negotiations for the St Andrews Agreement a number of which related to Mr Sweeney, continued funding for the North West 200 was also among the requests. Mr Paisley apologised for any embarrassment he had caused the party but maintained he had done nothing wrong. James Hugh Allister, QC, known as Jim, (born April 2, 1953 in Crossgar, County Down) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician and senior barrister. ... The Media embedded Processor (MeP) is a configurable 32-bit processor design from Toshiba Semiconductor for embedded media processing applications. ... David George Hanson (born 5 July 1957, Liverpool) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The St Andrews Agreement is an agreement proposed by the British and Irish Governments in relation to devolution of power to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The North West 200 is a motor cycle race-meeting held each May in Northern Ireland using public roads. ...

There was further controversy in February 2008 following scrutiny on the employment of family members by politicians after the Derek Conway scandal when it emerged that Mr Paisley was on his father's payroll as a researcher in the constituency of North Antrim in addition to his roles as an MLA and a Junior Minister ^[4] Derek Conway was also a character from The Bill played by Ben Roberts. ...

Paisley resigned his Junior Minister position on 18 February 2008 ^[5]

See also

• Ian Paisley
• Democratic Unionist Party
• Unionism
• Demographics and politics of Northern Ireland

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References

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External links

• Ian Paisley Jr.'s website
• Democratic Unionist Party
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