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The Iona Institute promotes the place of marriage and religion in society. We defend the continued existence of publicly-funded denominational schools. We also promote freedom of conscience and religion.

The Iona Institute is headed by religious and social affairs commentator, David Quinn.

Bishop Michael Nazir Ali's address to The Iona Institute

Last week Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali addressed The Iona Institute on the positive contribution of Christianity to law and culture and how this is now threatened by aggressive secularism and aspects of multiculturalism.

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Fathers must be named on birth certs under new proposal

Fathers will have to be named on the birth certificates of all children, whether the father is married or not, under new Government proposals. At present only the names of married fathers are automatically registered. The proposed changes were announced in the Dail yesterday by the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton (pictured).
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Secularism seeking to destroy Christianity says Cardinal

Secularism is trying to wipe Christianity out, the former Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor (pictured) has said. Speaking on Tuesday in Leicester Cathedral, the Cardinal said that distorted notions of equality, freedom and tolerance are "three monsters on our cultural landscape" that formed part of a new and "very, very dangerous" secular religion, the Daily Telegraph reports.
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The Iona Blog

Young people overwhelmingly support SSM? Not necessarily

We're frequently told that the introduction of same-sex marriage is inevitable because young people overwhelmingly support it. As older, more traditional voters die, so the reasoning goes, younger, pro-gay marriage voters will take over. However, according to this blog by Daniel and Lazar Berman at the American Enterprise Institute there might be a wrinkle in this apparently straightforward thesis.
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Recent and Upcoming Events

May

A talk by Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali

Our next talk will be given by Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali , President of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue (OXTRAD). His topic will be 'Triple Jeopardy: Aggressive Secularism, Radical Islamism and Multiculturalism’ which is also the name of his upcoming book.

Mar

Denominational schools in a pluralist Ireland

In the light of the forum on the future of primary schools set up by Education Minister, Ruairi Quinn, our next conference will examine the role of denominational schools in a more pluralist society.

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