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9. That's exactly where we are, they have a number of
Mon May 5, 2025, 11:07 AM
May 2025

lay spokespeople but very much on the hard-line end of the spectrum of anti abortion, evils of divorce breaking down the family, anti gay marriage etc.

One of the main front speakers is a guy called David Quinn who seems to get himself invited onto shows as the representative of the other side. He was editor of the Irish Catholic newspaper in the 1990s and then founded the shadowy Iona Institute where only he knows where the funding is coming from.

This is the Iona Institute about page

https://ionainstitute.ie/about-the-iona-institute/

That will give you a flavour of what they're doing.

We have come a long way but rest assured they haven't gone away and I'm sure they're only waiting for a chance. Interestingly they're fairly anti immigrant as well.

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