Melissa Etheridge

Melissa Etheridge Takes On Elisabeth Hasselbeck Over Prop 8

source: Gay

Melissa Etheridge stopped by "The View" Tuesday, but before singing a Christmas song she challenged co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck about Prop 8. Etheridge married partner Tammy Lynn Michaels, which whom she has ...

Published Tue, Dec 16

Gay Marriage debate: Melissa Etheridge vs. Elisabeth Hasselbeck on "The View"

source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune

It's nice when someone smart and thoughtful like Melissa Etheridge speaks about equal rights for gays but annoying when it is someone like Elisabeth Hasselbeck. On today's episode of "The View," Etheridge said of the passage of Prop. 8 last month: "To have people vote to take away rights is...

Published Tue, Dec 16

Melissa Etheridge Takes On Elisabeth Hasselbeck Over Prop 8

source: Huffington Post

Melissa Etheridge stopped by "The View" Tuesday, but before singing a Christmas song she challenged co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck about Prop 8. Etheridge married partner Tammy Lynn Michaels, which whom she has ...

Published Tue, Dec 16

Rolling Stone’s Top Stories

source: Rolling Stone

• Lil Wayne, Coldplay Lead Grammy Nominees • Grammy Nomination Show Live Blog • Hot Band: MGMT • Hot Scene: Laurel Canyon • Grammy Noms: The Odd and the Snubbed • Slash, Melissa Etheridge Protest Prop 8 • Hayley Williams on Next Paramore Album • Inside the Rock Hall Annex Opening

Published Fri, Dec 5

Melissa Etheridge & Prop 8: You Can Forget My Taxes!

source: CuppaTea w

In response to the passing of California’s Prop 8 and her status as a “second class citizen,” Academy Award-winning and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge has declared that she’ll no longer pay state taxes.

Published Sun, Nov 9

Melissa Etheridge says she plans to stay in California even though Prop. 8 passed.

source: sunny99.com

Gay rocker Melissa Etheridge has pledged to fight the re-installed ban on same sex marriages in California, even though she and partner Tammy Lynn Michaels could legally wed elsewhere.

Published Fri, Nov 7

Etheridge Plans To Stay And Fight Gay Marriage Ban

source: Magic 107.9

Melissa Etheridge says she plans to stay in California even though Prop. 8 passed.

Published Fri, Nov 7

Lots of Prop 8 action

source: PamsHouseBlend (Feedburner)

Friend of the Blend and tax protestor Charles Merrill notes that the idea of hitting the government where it hurts in response to the discrimination against gay and lesbian taxpayers is gaining momentum with the announcement that Melissa Etheridge is not going to pay up.The latest celeb...

Published Fri, Nov 7