Melissa Etheridge Takes Bold Stand Against Gay Marriage Ban

Singer Melissa Etheridge explains why she shouldn’t have to pay her state taxes now that Proposition 8 has passed, banning same-sex marriages in California.

Blogging on The Daily Beast, Melissa reasons that because her marriage with Tammy Lynn Michaels is no longer recognized as such under Prop 8, “she and I are not allowed the same right under the state constitution as any other citizen. Okay, so I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen.

“I mean that would just be wrong, to make someone pay taxes and not give them the same rights, sounds sort of like that taxation without representation thing from the history books,” Melissa blogs, adding that she and other gay citizens “will not rest until we have the full rights of any other citizen. It is that simple, no fearful vote will ever stop us, that is not the American way. Come to think of it, I should get a federal tax break too...”

Published 11/6/08 by the Insider