Melissa Etheridge Takes On Elisabeth Hasselbeck (Video)

was a guest on The View this morning. She joined the co-hosts on the couch for some chitchat before singing a Christmas song. She took the opportunity to talk passionately about Prop 8, and seemed to be gunning for a feud with

Had it not been for Sherri Shepherd, who interrupted and moved things away from the topic, the exchange might have gotten very interesting.

The Academy Award-winning and two-time Grammy Award-winning musician married her long time partner Tammy Lynn Michaels in 2003. The couple have a two-year-old son Miller and his twin sister Johnnie Rose.

Check out photos and the video below.