Elton says he's on track to wed longtime partner David Furnish. When Parliament makes it possible, Elton John says, he and and David Furnish will be getting married in England.

Like Rosie O'Donnell and Kelli Carpenter and hundreds of other gay couples in recent weeks, Sir Elton told the Daily News exclusively that he and his beloved are going to wed.

"I was on the fence about it for a while," he said. "I've been married before. I thought, why would I want to get married again?"

That more traditional marriage ended when the pop legend divorced Renate Blauel in 1988.

Elton added that it was President Bush's proposed constitutional amendment outlawing gay marriage that was the final push down the aisle he needed.

"I'm totally for it," Elton told us. "In this day and age, if people who want to make a life commitment can't have protection, then we live in a pretty sick world."

Since he's a British citizen, Elton says, he and the Canadian-born Furnish want to get married in England. They are waiting for a current Parliamentary measure on civil unions to come into law.

"We're definitely going to do it when it gets passed," he says. "I would like to commit myself to David. I already have in my mind anyway."

Elton, 56, and Furnish, 40, have been together for 11 years. London's Observer called the pair "the most conspicuous gay couple in the world."

In Las Vegas this past Valentine's Day, Elton released gigantic inflated roses to show his love for Furnish at Caesars Palace at the launch of his three-year concert series there.

Chances are the wedding party will include their cocker spaniel, Arthur, who scurried down the red carpet at the InStyle benefit for Elton's foundation in a collar adorned with a diamond Oscar statue. But so far the singer's mum on whether there'll be a prenup, which Rosie and Kelli
O'Donnell decided not to do.

Update: Meanwhile, Elton said that while he supports same-sex marriage, reports are untrue that he plans to wed his longtime partner, David Furnish.

"David and I are in favor of gay marriage but have no plans to get married," Elton said in a statement on March 3, 2004.

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