The Iona Institute ~ for Religion and Society

• Made for children: Why the institution of marriage deserves special status
• 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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The denominational schools debate.

August 27, 2008

The latest paper from The Iona Institute looks at the ongoing debate over the future of denominational schools and argues that parents have a right to send their children to publicly-funded denominational (or other) schools of their choice.