First Families First is campaigning for a constitutional guarantee to be included in the referendum that would enforce the right of a child to have access to their biological parents.

Backed by journalist John Waters and former MEP Kathy Sinnott, the group said it was concerned that the referendum, as proposed, would undermined the biological connection between parents and their children.

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The group argues that the language used in the upcoming same sex referendum "amounts to an act of vandalism against the Constitution".

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Founder member John Waters told Newstalk that the text being put to a vote was an act of "constitutional vandalism".

“I think what we are proposing here is sensible and absolutely essential. It would be madness for this to go into the Constitutional. It would be insanity for the Irish people to knowingly vote this in,” he said, adding that he did not think Ireland would vote Yes when it realises the true impact such a vote would have.

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