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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are excited to take their three-year relationship to the next level and tie that old-fashioned knot, now that California may make marriage legal for gay couples.

Ellen DeGeneres generously shared the happy news during a taping of her show Thursday, an episode which is scheduled to air Friday. Longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi was reportedly in the studio, which was instantly filled with cheers from the audience, according to media reports.

The Associated Press was first to report the possible wedding. A person close to the production shared the news with the AP, on condition of anonymity.

Thursday was memorable in that California’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s laws against gay marriage. Ellen and Portia would certainly be the first celebrity couple to put that ruling into action.

In a 4-3 decision, California Supreme Court decided to uphold the ban against same-sex marriages, saying that gender discrimination violates the Constitution’s equality right. The court ruled that people have a fundamental “right to marry” the partner they wish to.

Religious and conservative groups are protesting against the new court ruling and support a proposed legislation for the November ballot that would overturn the decision, banning again same-sex marriages. The proposed ballot initiative has gathered more than one million signatures and opponents expect a victory in November.

Ellen, who celebrated her 50th birthday this week, and Portia, 35, of “Ally McBeal” fame, began dating in late 2004. At the time, Portia was appearing on the FOX sitcom “Arrested Development.”

Friday’s episode will also show viewers clips from Ellen’s birthday bash on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, where the comedienne now tapes her show. Guests that showed up to congratulate the birthday girl were Tom Hanks with wife Rita Wilson, newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon and David and Courtney Cox Arquette, among others.