MELISSA ETHERIDGE is convinced a move to ban same-sex marriages in California is destined to fail - because even her nine-year-old son branded it "lame".
The singer wed her partner Tammy Lynn Michaels in 2003, just a day after state officials granted homosexual couples domestic partnership rights.
And she is dismayed at California's Proposition 8 ballot - which aims to roll back the law and make gay marriage illegal again - but is adamant it will be defeated when it goes to a vote on 4 November (08).
Etheridge writes on the Daily Beast website, "Prop 8 is a blatantly hateful, and fearful proposition that I believe the great citizens of California can see through.
"Now, I know my preference of life mate freaks some people out. Maybe it is just their fear of sex or intimacy. I know that they hold up the bible and say that it's wrong. Fine, let me stand before my creator and take any consequences there might be to living my life in truth and balance with my spirit.
"I called my son over. I said 'Read this, tell me what you think. He, being 9 years old and very proud of his reading skills, read 'Changes California Constitution to eliminate right of same sex couples to marry.' He looked at me, very matter-of-factly and said, 'Wow, that's lame.'"
The Ain't It Heavy hitmaker adds: "I will be waking up with my children on November 5th and I will be fixing them breakfast as I usually do. I look forward to telling them that prop 8 was defeated. I am sure my son will say, 'Good, that was lame'."
10/30/2008 12:03:06 PM
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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