Children's Rights Referendum
The Christian Solidarity Party campaigned, along with a number of other conservative groupings and individuals, for a No vote in the Children's Rights Referendum.
The party claimed that the constitutional amendment would give too much power and responsibility to the State with regard to children, with Richard Greene stating that "he real agenda is to dismantle parents’ authority to protect their children, especially teenagers, and to increase State control...it could see the law deciding, for example, how far parents may monitor text messages or internet use to protect their children from bullying".
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