George Michael has "Faith" in gay marriage...

George Michael kicked off the multi-city "25 Live" tour at the San Diego Sports Arena.this week - his first North American tour in 17 years - which just happened to coincide with same-sex marriages taking place legally in the state for the first time.

The gay pop star was asked about gay marriage by the Associated Press and here is what he had to say: "It's way overdue. It's something that happened ... almost without a whisper in England, but it was basically because we weren't that concerned about the word 'marriage."'

He added that "because this is a much more religious society, there are a huge number of people who want (their) unions to be part of something that they can place in their religion, so (marriage is) much more important here. I think that's why it's so long in arriving here, but I think it's fantastic, obviously."