Melissa and Tammy have twins

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 Melissa and Tammy

            have twins
 
 Outtraveler Staff 
          
          Oct 20, 2006
          
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       Melissa and Tammy
            Etheridge have announced the arrival of twins--Miller
            Steven, a boy, and Johnnie Rose, a girl--on October
            17. The babies and       birth mother Tammy are all in
            excellent health.     
       Melissa's Web
            site reported the following statement from Melissa and
            Tammy: "The creation of life brings about
            immeasurable love, and pours       hope into the future....
            The joy will help carry us through our upcoming
            sleepless nights." (The Advocate)     
 
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