Melissa Etheridge Has Split From Tammy Lynn Michaels.

Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels have called it quits after being together for over nine years. The pair staged a commitment ceremony in 2003, and planned to make their union official after authorities in California gave homosexual couples the right to wed in 2008. However just a few months after the rights were given to the famous lesbian couple, the ruling was overturned and they missed the chance to be legally wed.

A representative for Etheridge tells People.com, “Melissa and Tammy Etheridge are saddened to announce that they are now separated,” while a statement from the former couple adds, “We ask for consideration and respect for our family as we go through this difficult period.”

Tammy Lynn Michaels gave birth to the couple’s twins that were conceived via an anonymous sperm donor in 2006, daughter Johnnie, and son Miller. Melissa Etheridge also had two children with her previous partner Julie Cypher, Bailey, 13, and Beckett who is 11.

How do you feel about this break-up???