Melissa Etheridge to marry partner Tammy Lynn Michaels soon

Melissa Etheridge will marry girlfriend Tammy Lynn Michaels, joining Other celebrity same-sex couples who have wed this year in California including talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres and her partner Portia de Rossi, and “Star Trek” star George Takei and his longtime boyfriend Brad Altman. The singer whose rock hits include “Come to My Window” and “I’m the Only One,” told celebrity television show “Extra” that she and her partner plan to marry ahead of California’s vote next month on whether to strip same-sex couples of the right to marry.

“Yes, we have four children and we’re trying to find the right time,” Etheridge said when asked about marriage in an interview set to air on Wednesday night.

Back in May, the California Supreme Court granted same-sex couples the right to marry, but residents opposing the decision have organized a proposition calling for an amendment to the state’s constitution that would ban gay marriage.

Voters will cast their ballots in November’s election on whether or not to support the proposition.

Etheridge, 47, has for years been one of the most high-profile celebrities to live openly as a lesbian. She has two children with her former partner Julie Cypher, and in 2006, Etheridge and Michaels entered into a civil partnership in 2003, and have their own twins. Michaels, 33, is an actress who appeared in the lesbian-themed cable TV show “The L Word.”

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