In October 2008, five months after the Supreme Court of California overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage, Etheridge announced that she and Michaels were planning to marry but were currently "trying to find the right time... to go down and do it".
2008年10月，美国加利福尼亚州最高法院推翻了该州的同性婚姻禁令5个月后，埃瑟里奇宣布她和迈克尔斯计划要结婚，但目前“试图找到合适的时间来做这件事情。