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The Iona Institute is a socially conservative Catholic advocacy group, sometimes described as a Catholic pressure group, based in Ireland. Founded by columnist David Quinn, it was launched publicly in 2007. Iona promotes conservative Christian values and opposes both same-sex marriage and civil partnerships.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Domestic Partnerships: A response to recent proposals on civil unions )〕 It takes the view that crime is rising, family breakdown is increasing, and that drug abuse and other social problems are caused by fewer people obtaining opposite-sex marriages and participating in organised religion. Since its foundation the group has released a number of reports in support of its aims. The organisation has been criticised for reliance on invalid interpretations of data to back its claims. Its members (described as "patrons") are the psychiatrist Patricia Casey, columnist Breda O'Brien, Fr. Vincent Twomey, former Church of Ireland Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, the Right Reverend Ken Clarke, and Jimmy Sheehan, a co-founder of the Blackrock Clinic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ionainstitute.ie/index.php?id=80 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/former-church-of-ireland-bishop-becomes-iona-institute-patron-1.1804257 )〕 ==Status== "The Iona Institute" is a trading name of Lolek Ltd, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland in August 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Lolek-Limited-424940 )〕 Whereas "Institute" is a restricted term in the UK, it is not in Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company Name )〕 Graham Norton commented, "Everyone knows the use of the word ‘institute’ is just a feeble attempt to give themselves a veneer of considered intellectual respectability." David Norris referred to "the so-called Iona Institute" as "an unelected, unrepresentative group of reactionary, right-wing, religiously motivated people". Iona is commonly described as Catholic, but not by its spokespeople. In 2013, Patricia Casey denied it was specifically Catholic or Christian, saying "We support the role of religion in society but we’re not a religiously-based organisation." In 2014, John Murray said that the Church of Ireland bishop Ken Clarke's becoming a patron proved Iona's stances were "not specific to any particular Christian denomination". Iona is a registered charity, in the category of "advancement of religion". David Norris said "It is the most ideologically driven group I have come across and it is not a charity. I would be very interested to know how it receives charitable status for such a campaigning political group?" Opponents argued that Iona's activities were political and that it was therefore legally required to register with the Standards in Public Office Commission, which monitors political donations. It did not do so until the middle of the 2015 same-sex marriage referendum campaign, explaining its change of policy was because it wanted to "play a fuller part" in the campaign. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iona Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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