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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.

Latest News

Marriage conference cancelled for ‘diversity’ reasons

The organisers of a marriage conference in the UK have been refused permission to hold the event on their regular hired premises because they support the traditional definition of marriage. The Law Society in England say they won't allow "Christian Concern" to hold the conference on its premises saying that the event would breach its "diversity policy" due to the group's beliefs that there should be no redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
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Inquiry demanded after IVF linked with birth defects

Members of the UK parliament are demanding a Government inquiry into the safety of the most popular form of IVF after it was reported that it was linked with a higher risk of birth defects. More than 20,000 couples in Britain last year used the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedure. But an Australian study, which examined 300,000 births, has found that babies conceived using the procedure were twice as likely as babies conceived naturally to have a birth defect.
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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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