Many groups are lobbying for ‘no’ vote

Dear Editor, I refer to the article by Greg Daly, ‘Church must be free to teach marriage stance – Bishop Doran’, (IC 09/04/2015).

In the last paragraph of the article it is said that Mothers and Fathers Matter is the only campaign group calling for a ‘no’ vote.

If one looks up SIPOC’s ‘Register of Third Parties’, one will see a number of campaign groups that are looking for a ‘no’ vote.

Of those registered there, Christian Solidarity Party, Mandate for Marriage and ourselves, Alliance for the Defence of the Family and Marriage [ADFAM], of which I am treasurer/secretary, are all calling for a ‘no’ vote.

There are other organisations not registered with SIPOC who are calling for a ‘no’ vote.

We have given out thousands of our leaflets at conferences around the country, and people have told us that they are copying them in various parts of the country.

Yours etc.,

Séamas de Barra,

Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.