The Iona Institute ~ for Religion and Society

• A child’s best interests: who decides?
• Teenage access to contraception
• Unmarried fathers submission.
• Making Babies: Regulating the AHR industry
• Church attendance in Ireland increases.
• Only one in four want State-run schools.
• The benefits of religious practise
• New polls shows majority still believe marriage is better for society than cohabitation.
• The denominational schools debate.
• Denominational education and parental choice poll
• Children’s Rights Submission
• NI religious knowledge poll
• Domestic Partnerships: A response to recent proposals on civil unions
• Marriage breakdown and family structure in Ireland
• Religious Knowledge Poll
• Tax Individualisation: Time for A critical Rethink
• Opinion poll on public attitude to marriage and the family

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New polls shows majority still believe marriage is better for society than cohabitation.

January 12, 2009

A majority of people continue to believe that marriage is better for society and for children than cohabitation according to a new opinion poll commissioned by The Iona Institute and conducted by Red C.