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GLEN ELLYN, Ill., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Peter LaBarbera, Executive Director of the Illinois Family Institute, said the passage of marriage- defense amendments in 11 states on Election Day presages a victory for a similar amendment in Illinois if politicians like House Speaker Mike Madigan would allow it to be put before the voters. LaBarbera called on Speaker Madigan to stop blocking pro-family efforts to permanently defend marriage in this state and to give the Illinois Marriage Protection Amendment favored consideration in 2005. "Any doubts about how strongly Americans feel about protecting marriage from being radically redefined should be gone after the clean sweep of November 2nd," LaBarbera said. "If a constitutional amendment preserving marriage as one-man, one-woman can pass in liberal Oregon, then we know it will pass in Illinois."