Reply #58: Ian Paisley

[terrible beauty]

A number of yrs ago waiting to board a plane Ian Paisley and a gentleman i found out later to be from Bob Jones University were in line before me.Paisley is a very imposing character larger than life in many ways and his booming voice would blow your hat off at ten paces.As catholics were being burned out of their homes on the Falls Rd he was a short distance away on the Shankill Rd exhorting his followers by singing that well known Christian hymn "Fight the good Fight".His political party DUP is now the largest party in Northern Ireland and a cold place for catholics has become even colder.
He represents in the worst way how religion can and has been used to fester hatred and violence exactly what the fundies want for this country.

(Tiocfaidh ar la..gaelic..Our day will come)