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The marriage referendum has been making waves across the water after UK comedian Jason Manford condemned posters from the No side.

And now fellow funnyman Adam Hills has revealed that the couple on one set of NO posters - from the group Mothers & Fathers Matter - are "appalled" that their image is being used.

Over the weekend Jason Manford's Facebook post blasting No posters went viral, and last night Adam Hills shared Manford's image and said that he knew the couple pictured on the posters.

And the couple in question are not happy that they feature on the campaign material.

Hills explained that the image is a stock image of friends of his wife, and can be used by anyone who purchases it for whatever purpose they like.

He added that the couple are "appalled" that their faces are being used "to promote something they wholeheartedly disagree with."

Hills full post reads: "So, there is a Marriage Equality vote in Ireland at the moment, and it has all got pretty heated. Posters like these have been circulated. Unfortunately, the image in the poster is a stock photo - which means anyone can buy it and use it for whatever purpose they so desire.

"As it turns out, the people in this photo are friends of my wife, and are appalled that their faces are being used, without their permission, to promote something they wholeheartedly disagree with. And yet there is nothing they can do about it.

"Regardless of how you feel about the vote - what a weird, horrible, ridiculous world we live in, in which a loving, caring, open-minded family unit can be used to advertise the very opposite of what that particular family unit believes. If any of my Irish friends see these posters, just know this - the beautiful family on that poster is all for Marriage Equality."

Attempts to contact Mothers and Fathers Matter for a response were made by this publication.

The revelation about the couple in the poster comes just days after a photo of two girls kissing in front of No protester went viral.

And last week, acclaimed Irish novelist Roddy Doyle dipped a toe into the marriage equality debate with a brilliant Facebook post ahead of the referendum on May 22.