Melissa Etheridge & Tammy Lynn Michaels To Legally Marry

Access Hollywood - October 10, 2008 10:57 AM PDT
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Melissa Etheridge and her longtime partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels, are to wed legally, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

"They do plan on getting legally married here in California in the near future," a rep for the activist and rocker told Access.

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Melissa became engaged to former "Popular" star Tammy Lynn in April 2003.

The couple married in Malibu in September of the same year, before same sex marriages were legally recognized in California.

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However, in May 2008, the California Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

Since the ruling, a host of longtime gay couples including George Takei and Brad Altman, and Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, married.

But a November ballot initiative -- California's Proposition 8, "Protect Marriage," is aimed at reversing the ruling. If passed, it would define a legally recognized marriage as between "a man and a woman," according to the Prop. 8 Web site.

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A host of Hollywood stars both straight and gay have donated to the No on Prop. 8 campaign aimed at defeating the proposed California Constitutional amendment.

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Brad Pitt, Steven Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, Pete Wentz and his band Fall Out Boy, T.R. Knight and comedian Chelsea Handler have all contributed to the No on Prop. 8 campaign.

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  • brown sugar
    IF YOU FOLKS OUT THERE BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE .GOD SAYS THOSE WHO LAID DOWN WITH THE SAME SEX WILL BE DAMNED TO HELL. BUT IF THAT'S WHAT THESE FOLKS WANT LET GOD TAKE CARE OF THEM.
    report abuseposted January 2, 2009 1:28 PM PST
  • Babyjj16
    I'M SO HAPPY YOU TWO I LOVE YOU TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    report abuseposted November 4, 2008 4:56 PM PST
  • tikiman
    Obama is like robin hood and batman all rolled into one. He has super powers you know.
    report abuseposted October 31, 2008 2:50 AM PDT
  • tikiman
    Obama will care for you like no man ever loved before. love is love is love is love. Obama 2008 spread the wealth baby!
    report abuseposted October 31, 2008 2:46 AM PDT
  • moose7097
    DONT WORRY JESUS LOVES YOU ANYWAY....HE JUST DONT LIKE WAT YOU DOIN.....AND HE WILL NEVER STOP LOVIN YOU....JUST TRUST HIM....
    report abuseposted October 27, 2008 7:13 AM PDT
  • moose7097
    THE DEVIL IZ A LIER.....AND THEY KNOW IT.....DO BE SELFISH....GOD CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY WAY MORE THAN A WOMAN....
    report abuseposted October 27, 2008 7:09 AM PDT
  • In Christs Love Alwa …
    Of 1200 benefits given to married couples only 300 or so would be allowed in civil unions.No Social Security,No Pensions,No Tax Relief,etc.A 1967 judgment by the Supreme Court decided that marriage was an INALIENABLE Right!That the Pursuit of Happiness applied to Marriage Rights.Just 40 years ago Bi-Racial Marriage was still illegal!How far we have come and how far left to go!
    report abuseposted October 23, 2008 11:10 AM PDT
  • Kate A.
    I personally don't support gay marriage, but I do support gay rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The posts here are truly sad and prejudiced, not to mention disgusting. Please, people, take it up a notch and show some class and dignity, no matter how you feel about this subject!
    report abuseposted October 22, 2008 2:57 PM PDT
  • lilylucy2008
    SHe looks so beautiful. she is my favor. But I saw his profile on dating site ********* M i l l i o n a i r e R o m a n c e s . c o m **** last week. It is said she is in relationship with a young handsome man on that site now. ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
    report abuseposted October 21, 2008 5:44 AM PDT
  • cutecat
    Who are these people???????????? And why do I care that these lesbians are getting married
    report abuseposted October 17, 2008 5:14 PM PDT
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