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Norman Porter was a loyalist politician in Northern Ireland. A lay preacher, an Orangeman, an Apprentice Boy and a member of the Royal Black Institution,〔Paul Bew, "(Good Friday man? )", ''Times Online''〕 Porter became the leader of the National Union of Protestants in Northern Ireland in 1948.〔Michael Farrell, ''Northern Ireland: The Orange State''〕 Ian Paisley joined the Union in about 1950, but left after Porter refused to join his new Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. The Union disintegrated soon after.〔Clifford Smyth, ''Ian Paisley: Voice of Protestant Ulster'', p.6〕 In 1953, Porter became the Director of the Evangelical Protestant Society. He also edited the ''Ulster Protestant'' newspaper,〔 which he produced with William McConnell Wilton.〔Clifford Smyth, ''Ian Paisley: Voice of Protestant Ulster'', p.5〕 At the Northern Ireland general election, 1953, Porter was elected as an Independent Unionist MP for Belfast Clifton, standing with the slogan "For God and Ulster".〔Graham S. Walker, ''A History of the Ulster Unionist Party: Protest, Pragmatism and Pessimism''〕 He defeated Samuel Hall-Thompson, who uniquely among Ministers was not a member of the Orange Order and who had faced criticism from loyalists for appearing to compromise with the Roman Catholic Church while Minister of Education.〔(Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Boroughs: Belfast )〕 Porter attended the first meeting of the Ulster Protestant Action group in 1956, but he immediately withdrew.〔 He lost his seat at the 1958 general election to Robin Kinahan.〔 Porter was again defeated in the seat in a 1959 by-election.〔(Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies )〕 Porter was an opponent of Catholicism. In a 1964 speech reported in the ''Belfast Newsletter'', he stated: "When you become too friendly with those of different religious persuasion, you find it increasingly hard and difficult to oppose their beliefs - this leads to compromise."〔John Daniel Cash, ''Identity, Ideology and Conflict: The Structuration of Politics in Northern Ireland''〕 In 1969, he stood in Belfast Duncairn, where sitting Ulster Unionist Party MP William Fitzsimmons' daughter had married a Roman Catholic, and Fitzsimmons had subsequently resigned from the Orange Order. Porter presented himself as a candidate whose opposition to Catholicism was in no doubt, but proved unsuccessful in the poll.〔 Porter's son, also Norman Porter, has written several books on politics in Northern Ireland.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Porter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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