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Author: Steven L.Steven L. Date: May 20, 2008 08:52
"Star Trek" actor to wed after gay marriage ruling
Mon May 19, 2008 7:59pm EDT
By Iain Blair
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor George Takei, best known for playing Mr.
Sulu on "Star Trek," says he plans to wed his longtime partner now that
the California Supreme Court has overturned a state ban on gay marriage.
Takei, 71, told Reuters on Monday that he and Brad Altman, his
54-year-old business manager, are going through the "delicious process"
of planning their nuptials.
"There's no tradition in terms of same-sex marriage. We are designing
and shaping our own wedding in our own way, so it's going to be singular
and unique," added Takei, who first made his wedding plans known on his
website during the weekend.
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has also announced plans to marry her
girlfriend, actress Portia de Rossi. Both celebrities, like gay and
lesbian couples across the state, said they were moved by last
Thursday's California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
"As an American, I was delighted that we're getting closer and closer to
more truly being faithful to the Constitution," said Takei.
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Author: Wickeddoll®Wickeddoll® Date: May 20, 2008 09:14
"Steven L."...
> "Star Trek" actor to wed after gay marriage ruling
> Mon May 19, 2008 7:59pm EDT
>
> By Iain Blair
>
> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor George Takei, best known for playing Mr.
> Sulu on "Star Trek," says he plans to wed his longtime partner now that
> the California Supreme Court has overturned a state ban on gay marriage.
>
> Takei, 71, told Reuters on Monday that he and Brad Altman, his 54-year-old
> business manager, are going through the "delicious process" of planning
> their nuptials.
>
> "There's no tradition in terms of same-sex marriage. We are designing and
> shaping our own wedding in our own way, so it's going to be singular and
> unique," added Takei, who first made his wedding plans known on his
> website during the weekend.
>
> Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has also announced plans to marry her girlfriend, ...
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Author: Frank R.A.J. MaloneyFrank R.A.J. Maloney Date: May 20, 2008 09:40
Wickeddoll® wrote:
> "Steven L."...
>> "Star Trek" actor to wed after gay marriage ruling
>> Mon May 19, 2008 7:59pm EDT
>>
>> By Iain Blair
>>
>> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor George Takei, best known for playing Mr.
>> Sulu on "Star Trek," says he plans to wed his longtime partner now that
>> the California Supreme Court has overturned a state ban on gay marriage.
>>
>> Takei, 71, told Reuters on Monday that he and Brad Altman, his 54-year-old
>> business manager, are going through the "delicious process" of planning
>> their nuptials.
>>
>> "There's no tradition in terms of same-sex marriage. We are designing and
>> shaping our own wedding in our own way, so it's going to be singular and
>> unique," added Takei, who first made his wedding plans known on his
>> website during the weekend.
>> ...
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Author: Al SmithAl Smith Date: May 20, 2008 09:43
> "Steven L."...
>>> "Star Trek" actor to wed after gay marriage ruling
>>> Mon May 19, 2008 7:59pm EDT
>>>
>>> By Iain Blair
>>>
>>> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor George Takei, best known for playing Mr.
>>> Sulu on "Star Trek," says he plans to wed his longtime partner now that
>>> the California Supreme Court has overturned a state ban on gay marriage.
>>>
>>> Takei, 71, told Reuters on Monday that he and Brad Altman, his 54-year-old
>>> business manager, are going through the "delicious process" of planning
>>> their nuptials.
>>>
>>> "There's no tradition in terms of same-sex marriage. We are designing and
>>> shaping our own wedding in our own way, so it's going to be singular and
>>> unique," added Takei, who first made his wedding plans known on his
>>> website during the weekend.
>>>
>>> Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has also announced plans to marry her girlfriend, ...
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Author: ToolPackinMamaToolPackinMama Date: May 20, 2008 09:46
Steven L. wrote:
> "Star Trek" actor to wed after gay marriage ruling
That is fantastic. I am happy for them. :)
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Author: ToolPackinMamaToolPackinMama Date: May 20, 2008 09:50
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Author: Wickeddoll®Wickeddoll® Date: May 20, 2008 09:50
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Author: Frank R.A.J. MaloneyFrank R.A.J. Maloney Date: May 20, 2008 10:03
Wickeddoll® wrote:
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> Honestly, I never gave it any thought one way or the other. I knew there
> was all manner of gay slash regarding Trek, especially of Spock and Kirk, as
> well as Janeway and 7, but none of it ever moved me to any sort of reaction.
> I simply don't care what an actor' (or character's) sexual orientation is,
> as long as it's consenting *adults*.
Spoken out of an attitude of straight entitlement, as is appropriate. Of
course, you don't need validation by looking for heterosexual role
models, but young gay people do and even more so a generation when the
closet was so much more crowded.
--
Frank in Seattle
____
Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
"Millennium hand and shrimp."
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Author: Wickeddoll®Wickeddoll® Date: May 20, 2008 10:36
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Author: Anim8rFSKAnim8rFSK Date: May 20, 2008 11:04
In article <1uidnalqaMZmY6_VnZ2dnUVZ_trinZ2d@posted.isomediainc>,
"Frank R.A.J. Maloney" blarg.net> wrote:
> Isn't it "The Naked Time" where Sulu is running around the Enterprise
> with a fencing foil? That's the first time George Takei really set off
> my gaydar.
Even with his "fair maiden" line?
>
> By the time he "officially" came out (2005?), my reaction and that of
> most gay people I know was "Yeah? Who didn't already know?" Certainly,
> that leather cape he wore in ST IV whilst traipsing around San Francisco
> ought to have sealed the deal for anyone not already on board.
yeah, 2005? I don't think so. Waaaay before that.
--
Star Trek 09:
No Shat, No Show.
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