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Peter LaBarbera,head of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality

Peter LaBarbera talks to media at the May 27,2011 rally in the loop.

Hundreds march in loop rally for marriage.

Some two hundred strong marched in the loop and said "No"to same-sex "marriage"

(May 27,2011 — Chicago) Some two hundred supporters of traditional marriage sang,prayed and listened to speakers in downtown Chicago today to kickoff the drive to put an advisory referendum on the Illinois ballot that will oppose the Civil Unions law passed earlier this year.

Read complete rally press release.

Referendum petition

Click for petition for referendumIllinois Defense of Marriage Initiative (IDMI) Blank Petition. Take this printable document to your friends who are registered Illinois voters,and ask them to sign their names to declare marriage as between “one man and one woman.”

Please first download and read the petition instructions below.

Click for petition instructionsIllinois Defense of Marriage Initiative (IDMI) Petition Instructions — IMPORTANT — Before you get any signatures,we ask that you print and carefully read the instructions. Signature collectors,known as circulators, must be registered Illinois voters,and each signature and address must be written and collected in the proper way,or the referendum judges will throw out these names. We want every signature to count. More instructional information on this will be provided on this website.

Publicity flyer

Please print the two-sided “United We Stand”PDF flyer pictured here,and distribute it to your family,friends,and church members about this issue. The back of this flyer has “10 Reasons Why ‘Homosexual Marriage’Is Wrong.”

Your help is needed

To help mobilize for this cause,and to help offset our various costs,PLEASE send a donation to Americans For Life,P.O. Box 963,Westmont,IL 60559.