Susan-Anne White (born 21 April 1959,

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) is a Northern Irish Christian activist in

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. She stood for election to the local council in the

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, receiving 67 votes. She contested the West Tyrone constituency in the 2015 General Election, and came ninth out of nine candidates, with 166 votes.

Background

Originally from

Newtownabbey Newtownabbey ( ) is a large settlement in North Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is separated from the rest of the city by Cavehill and Fortwilliam golf course. It surrounds Carnmoney Hill, and was formed from the merging of severa ...

, she moved to

Trillick Trillick () is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 2,439 people in the 2011 Census. Trillick is in the Civil Parish of Kilskeery, Barony of Omagh East. It is located within the Diocese of Clogher (both R ...

in 1997. Her campaign is based on ten principles drawn up by Dr

Alan Clifford Alan Clifford is a pastor in the Norwich Reformed Church. He is an outspoken proponent of Amyraldism, or four-point Calvinism. Clifford was born in 1941 and grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire. Out of Anglicanism, he embraced Puritanism through the ...

, a

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based minister whose anti-gay and anti-Islam rants have led to police investigations in the past. She has aroused attention because of her strong and isolating views. She describes herself as biblically correct, not politically correct. She says she would "recriminalise homosexuality, given the chance" and claims that gay people "are not born that way, they are out to recruit. We are in danger. One demand after another." She is opposed to gay people being allowed to donate blood. She would also make adultery a criminal offence, and is critical of rock music because "The lyrics are promoting immorality, the noise is deafening, and they also promote anarchy." Her 2015 manifesto promised to "oppose the global warming fanatics and their pseudo science" and "restore the concept of a family wage with the father as the breadwinner." She told the Belfast Telegraph: "I don’t consider myself extreme – not at all. It is society that has moved. Not so far in the past, most people would have shared my views. My views are extreme because society has moved away from God's principles." She opposes feminism "with all her might", and says it is to blame for the recession. "They eministsare responsible for the economy - they destroyed the whole concept of a family wage with the father as the bread-winner and the stay-at-home mother. Women feel they have to be out in the workforce." On 25 October 2017, White appeared on Nolan Live in which she expressed her opinion regarding abortion laws in Northern Ireland. White was criticised in the press following her appearance, with the BBC also facing criticism for giving her a platform.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Susan-Anne Independent politicians in Northern Ireland Living people People from Newtownabbey 1959 births People from Trillick