Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Iona Institute is a conservative Catholic lobby group based in Ireland. Founded by David Quinn, a commentator on religious affairs, it was launched publicly in 2007. The psychiatrist Patricia Casey, journalist Breda O'Brien and Fr. Vincent Twomey are amongst its patrons.The institute advocates religion and opposes same-sex marriage and supported limited civil partnerships with broad-based religious freedom protections. It posits that rising crime, family breakdown, drug abuse and other social problems are typical of a "weakened society" and that such a society will fail to recognise the importance of marriage and religion unless an evidence-based case was made. Since its foundation the institute has released a number of reports to this end.In an article in The Irish Times by Kathy Sheridan on same-sex marriage, the institute was described as being "blessed with extremely high-profile members with priceless multimedia platforms" and "'very, very engaged' with politicians".The Iona Institute was incorporated in Ireland in August 2006 as a private limited company under the name Lolek Ltd.. }
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- Iona_Institute abstract "The Iona Institute is a conservative Catholic lobby group based in Ireland. Founded by David Quinn, a commentator on religious affairs, it was launched publicly in 2007. The psychiatrist Patricia Casey, journalist Breda O'Brien and Fr. Vincent Twomey are amongst its patrons.The institute advocates religion and opposes same-sex marriage and supported limited civil partnerships with broad-based religious freedom protections. It posits that rising crime, family breakdown, drug abuse and other social problems are typical of a "weakened society" and that such a society will fail to recognise the importance of marriage and religion unless an evidence-based case was made. Since its foundation the institute has released a number of reports to this end.In an article in The Irish Times by Kathy Sheridan on same-sex marriage, the institute was described as being "blessed with extremely high-profile members with priceless multimedia platforms" and "'very, very engaged' with politicians".The Iona Institute was incorporated in Ireland in August 2006 as a private limited company under the name Lolek Ltd.".