Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish, who have two children together, are planning to marry in a quiet wedding sometime in 2015. 
Melissa Etheridge and Linda Wallem married on May 31 at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California. The singer tweeted "True love...so blessed. 'By the power invested in me by the state of California...' Thanks" along with a wedding picture of her and Wallem who is one of the creators of the Showtime original series "Nurse Jackie." 
Interior design guru Nate Berkus, left, and Jeremiah Brent tied the knot in New York City on May 3. According to People magazine they held the ceremony at the New York Public Library, and are the first same-sex couple to host a wedding at the historic landmark. The pair announced their engagement in April 2013. 
Jodie Foster is adept at keeping her private life low-key. The actress quietly wed her girlfriend, photographer Alexandra Hedison, in mid-April. According to E! Online, the couple had been dating for almost a year. 
Fashion designer Tom Ford, right, and his partner of 27 years, Richard Buckley, are now married, the former Gucci craftsman confirmed to Vogue UK. He didn't give details on the nuptials, except to acknowledge that they were held in the United States. The couple are already parents to a 1-year-old, Alexander John Buckley Ford. 
Musician Linda Perry, left, and actress Sara Gilbert married on March 30, Gilbert announced on her TV show "The Talk." 
"Glee" star Cheyenne Jackson, left, got engaged to actor Jason Landau in January. 
Columnist Liz Smith broke the news that actress Lily Tomlin, right, rang in 2014 by marrying Jane Wagner, her partner of 42 years, on New Year's Eve. 
"Glee" star Dot-Marie Jones, right, wed longtime girlfriend Bridgett Casteen on December 21 at their home in Los Angeles. 
Former "Family Ties" star Meredith Baxter, left, has reportedly tied the knot with girlfriend Nancy Locke. According to People magazine, the couple wed in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles in December. Baxter, 66, confirmed rumors about her sexuality in 2009, plaintively telling the "Today" show, "Yes, I'm a lesbian." 
According to People, former "Grey's Anatomy" star T.R. Knight married Patrick Leahy, his boyfriend of three years, in October. 
Lance Bass, right, popped the question to boyfriend Michael Turchin, and the couple announced their engagement on Instagram in September with a shot of Turchin flashing the ring. 
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, left, and actress Portia de Rossi married in 2008. De Rossi was granted the right to change her last name to "DeGeneres" by a Los Angeles court in 2010. 
Raven-Symone tweeted in August that she was pleased with the recent rulings on same-sex marriage. "I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you," the former "Cosby Show" star wrote. In September, E! reported that the actress attended an event in Atlanta with rumored girlfriend AzMarie Livingston. 
Attorney Justin Mikita, left, and "Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson announced their engagement in 2012 via their website tietheknot.org, and then married in July 2013. Their foundation sells ties with the proceeds going to organizations that support same-sex marriage. The pair have been outspoken about their advocacy. 
Michelle Rounds, left, and Rosie O'Donnell quietly wed in 2012, and in January 2013 they announced the arrival of a daughter. 
"How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris, left, and David Burtka announced their engagement in 2011. The couple are parents of twins, Gideon Scott and Harper Grace. 
Country star Chely Wright, left, and Lauren Blitzer married in August 2011 and are the parents of identical twin sons, George Samuel and Everett Joseph. 
"Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon, left, started dating activist Christine Marinoni in 2004. The couple got engaged in 2009 and married in 2012. 
Several of George Takei's "Star Trek" co-stars attended the ceremony when he married longtime partner Brad Altman, right, in 2008.
- Elton John believes Jesus would support same-sex marriage
- He's excited by Pope Francis' message and emphasis on inclusion
- John on his upcoming marriage: "It'll be very quiet and very off the cuff"
(CNN) -- In the same-sex marriage debate, Elton John believes he knows where Jesus would've stood.
The musician, who plans to marry his partner David Furnish next year, talked to Sky News on Sunday about how pleased he is with Pope Francis and how he wishes the Church of England would show greater support for his message.
"The new Pope has excited me so much by his humanity," John said. "He's stripped it down to the bare bones and said it's all basically about love and taking everybody in, inclusiveness. And that has to be encouraged by the Church of England."
So when it comes to issues such as vows of celibacy for Catholic priests and gay clergymen being able to marry, John said the church needs to catch up with the times.
"These are old and stupid things, and the church hierarchy might be up in arms about it -- the traditionalists -- but times have changed," John said. "We live in a different time. If Jesus Christ was alive today, I cannot see him, as the Christian person that he was and the great person that he was, saying this could not happen.
"He was all about love and compassion and forgiveness and trying to bring people together, and that is what the church should be about."
As far as coming together for John's nuptials, fans shouldn't expect a large affair.
"It'll be very quiet and very off the cuff," John said. "But we will (marry), and I think it's a great opportunity to take advantage of the new laws, and to celebrate it."
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