In more recent times, former first minister Peter Robinson's wife Iris, then an MP, described homosexuality as an "abomination", while the MP son of Dr Paisley, Ian Paisley Jr, said he felt "repulsed" by homosexual acts.
Instead, she risks an ignominious exit after just 11 months at Number 10 Downing Street, which would be the shortest tenure of any prime minister for nearly a century.
The London Evening Standard, edited by former finance minister George Osborne who May sacked, splashed with a photo of her under the headline "Queen of Denial". There are significant policy differences between the DUP and the Conservatives, and leader Arlene Foster, has been mired in controversy over an energy deal that will cost taxpayers around $750 million.
May said outside Downing Street after returning from Buckingham Palace, where she received the Queen's permission to form a government, though the Conservatives lost at least 12 seats.
"Our two parties have enjoyed a strong relationship over many years", she said.
"This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful Brexit deal".
"That's what people voted for last June". Instead, she is sacrificing years of work on the peace process in order to get the keys to No 10.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whose energetic campaign defied predictions of a crushing defeat, told May to quit, saying she had "lost votes, lost support and lost confidence". But if Mrs May is doing a deal with the DUP, that could make it harder to reach an agreement with Sinn Fein.
Others noted that the party now was one of the most socially conservative in Europe, having sought to maintain some of the continent's strictest restrictions on abortion and consistently opposed gay marriage.
While Mrs May said she would be getting on with the job of appointing a new ministerial team, she refused to be drawn on calls to sack her two close aides, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, blamed by many Tory MPs for the party's disastrous campaign.
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About 5 p.m.the anti-Shariah group began walking through Civic Center park, surrounded by police and yelling counter-protesters. Molly Freiburg, 33, of Philadelphia, was one of the counter-protesters but not part of the larger group clad in black.
"I think we need a change".
The move has been slammed as a "coalition of chaos" by Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, who condemned Mrs May for putting her "party before her country".
Pressed on how long she would stay PM, Mr Jones said: "That remains to be seen".
"If she has an ounce of self respect, she will resign".
With the DUP providing the Conservatives a narrow, but crucial, majority in Parliament, it could have an outsized influence.
He tweeted: "The adviser takes the fall but Theresa May is the one responsible for her own defeat". By entering into a coalition with the DUP, it is even more apparent that she does not consider peace or stability in Northern Ireland a priority.
"So a fascinating time - Theresa May staring down the camera lens and telling the country: "I am still in charge".
The DUP has stalled all progress on equal marriage in Northern Ireland, and previously supported the introduction of a "conscience clause" to protect people who discriminate against LGBT people.
Meanwhile, Sinn Féin won seven seats, although it does not take up its seats in Westminster.
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