Melissa Etheridge
Announces Plans to Marry

Melissa Etheridge plans to marry her partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels, joining the list of celebrities with plans to tie the knot in response to California's legalization of same-sex marriage. Etheridge made the announcement at Universal City's Hard Rock Cafe, where she performed to launch the restaurant's month-long breast cancer awareness program, according to Extra.

"We have four children and we're trying to find the right time now actually to go down and do it," Etheridge told Extra.

In 2003, the pair held a commitment ceremony with friends and family, hoping that one day their marriage would be recognized legally.

"I have a belief in my heart that very soon, the walls and the gates that have been held closed by people with narrow minds and fear and hate in their hearts will burst open," Etheridge told The Advocate in a 2003 interview. (Kandice Day, The Advocate)