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Mercedes Santos (2nd R) shares a laugh with her partner Theresa Volpe (2nd L) while playing cards with their son Jaidon (R) and daughter Ava at their home in Chicago, Illinois, December 22, 2012. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken December 22, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:06 odp.
Mercedes Santos shares a laugh with her son Jaidon while playing cards at their home in Chicago, Illinois, December 22, 2012. Santos and her partner Theresa Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken December 22, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Theresa Volpe (L) kisses her son Jaidon as her partner Mercedes Santos looks on at their home in Chicago, Illinois December 22, 2012. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken December 22, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:06 odp.
Mercedes Santos (R) and her partner Theresa Volpe help their son Jaidon (2nd R) make cookies at their home in Chicago, Illinois, December 22, 2012. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken December 22, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:06 odp.
Mercedes Santos helps her daughter Ava make cookies at their home in Chicago, Illinois, December 22, 2012. Santos and her partner Theresa Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken December 22, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Theresa Volpe (R) and her partner Mercedes Santos look into their son Jaidon's class during the Valentine's Day Ball at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Illinois, February 13, 2013. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Theresa Volpe helps her son Jaidon Santos-Volpe deliver Valentine's Day cards at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Illinois, February 13, 2013. Volpe and her partner Mercedes Santos are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Jaidon Santos-Volpe (2nd R) uses a paper towel tube to "trumpet in" the arrival of his two mothers Theresa Volpe (2nd L) and Mercedes Santos (L) during the Valentine's Day Ball at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Illinois, February 13, 2013. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:06 odp.
Jaidon Santos-Volpe (C) dances with his two mothers Theresa Volpe (L) and Mercedes Santos during the Valentine's Day Ball at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Illinois, February 13, 2013. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:06 odp.
Jaidon Santos-Volpe (C) presents a Valentine's Day card to his two mothers Theresa Volpe (R) and Mercedes Santos during the Valentine's Day Ball at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Illinois, February 13, 2013. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:06 odp.
A Valentine's Day card made by Jaidon Santos-Volpe for his two mothers Theresa Volpe and Mercedes Santos is seen during the Valentine's Day Ball at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Illinois, February 13, 2013. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:06 odp.
Theresa Volpe shows her son Jaidon Santos-Volpe pictures she took at the Valentine's Day Ball at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Illinois, February 13, 2013. Volpe and her partner Mercedes Santos are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:08 odp.
Theresa Volpe helps her son Jaidon Santos-Volpe get dressed at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Illinois, February 13, 2013. Volpe and her partner Mercedes Santos are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Jaidon Santos-Volpe answers questions as he helps fill bins at a food pantry as his two mothers Theresa Volpe and Mercedes Santos look on in Evanston, Illinois, December 28, 2012. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken December 28, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:08 odp.
Mercedes Santos (L) and Theresa Volpe listen to directions at a food pantry where they were volunteering with their son Jaidon Santos-Volpe in Evanston, Illinois, December 28, 2012. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken December 28, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:08 odp.
Mercedes Santos gives words of encouragement to her daughter Ava before her performance at the "Beat Kitchen" in Chicago, Illinois, February 24, 2013. Santos and her partner Theresa Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Jaidon Santos-Volpe is joined by his two mothers Mercedes Santos (L) and Theresa Volpe as they watch a performance by Jaidon's sister Ava (not in picture) at the "Beat Kitchen" in Chicago, Illinois, February 24, 2013. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Mercedes Santos kisses her daughter Ava after her performance at the "Beat Kitchen" in Chicago, Illinois, February 24, 2013. Santos and her partner Theresa Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:06 odp.
Jaidon Santos-Volpe rests his head on the hand of his mother Theresa Volpe as Mercedes Santos (L) watches at the "Beat Kitchen" in Chicago, Illinois, February 24, 2013. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:08 odp.
Theresa Volpe (2nd L) arrives with her son Jaidon Santos-Volpe (L) and they are joined by her partner Mercedes Santos (R) to attend a Senate Executive Committee hearing on same-sex marriages at the Illinois State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 2, 2013. Picture taken on January 2, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Theresa Volpe (2nd R) sits with her daughter Ava (R) and son Jaidon (3rd R) while her partner Mercedes Santos responds to emails as they wait for the start of an an Illinois Senate Executive Committee hearing on same-sex marriages at the State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 3, 2013. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken on January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Theresa Volpe and her partner Mercedes Santos wait for the start of an an Illinois Senate Executive Committee hearing on same-sex marriages at the State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 3, 2013. Volpe and Santos are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken on January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Theresa Volpe (2nd L) and her partner Mercedes Santos (L) look over emails as they wait for the start of an an Illinois Senate Executive Committee hearing on same-sex marriages at the State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 3, 2013. At right is their daughter Ava. Picture taken on January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Jaidon Santos-Volpe (2nd L) plays with his friend Sam Crawford-Cloonan (L) as his two mothers Theresa Volpe (C) and Mercedes Santos (2nd R) speak to their lawyer Erik Roldan as they wait for the start of a Senate Executive Committee hearing on same-sex marriages at the Illinois State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 2, 2013. Santos and Volpe are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken January 2, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Mercedes Santos (L) and her partner Theresa Volpe wait for the start of a Senate Executive Committee hearing on same-sex marriages at the Illinois State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 2, 2013. Volpe and Santos are a same-sex couple raising two of their biological children as they struggle to get same-sex marriages passed into law in Illinois. Picture taken January 2, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Theresa Volpe (C) and her partner Mercedes Santos (L) wait for the start of an an Illinois Senate Executive Committee hearing on same-sex marriages with their daughter Ava at the State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 3, 2013. Picture taken on January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.
Mercedes Santos (R) hugs her partner Theresa Volpe as they celebrate a vote by the Senate Executive committee hearing on same-sex marriages at the Illinois State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 3, 2013. The Committee voted 8-5 to send the bill to a full vote in the Senate. Picture taken January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:06 odp.
Mercedes Santos (R) hugs her partner Theresa Volpe as they celebrate a vote by the Senate Executive committee hearing on same-sex marriages at the Illinois State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 3, 2013. The Committee voted 8-5 to send the bill to a full vote in the Senate. Picture taken January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:08 odp.
Mercedes Santos (2nd L) and partner Theresa Volpe (L) are congratulated on the results of a vote by the Senate Executive Committee on same-sex marriages as their friends Becky Crawford (2nd R) and Peggy Cloonan celebrate at the Illinois State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois, January 3, 2013. The Commitee voted 8-5 to send the bill to a full vote in the Senate. Picture taken January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) Published: Bře. 25, 2013, 6:07 odp.