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Tue 05 May 2004Adams says citizenship poll 'is about the rights of children'Campaign launch The citizenship referendum "is about the rights of children", the Sinn Féin leader, Mr Gerry Adams, said yesterday."If this is passed, two children born in the same ward on the same day could be deemed to have different constitutional rights," Mr Adams said at the official launch of the party's European campaign yesterday.