> "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,
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Referring there to his boyhood experience as one of thousands of
>>> Japanese-Americans sent to U.S. internment camps during World War II,
>>> Takei said he was "keenly mindful of the subtle and not so subtle
>>> discrimination that the law can impose."
>>>
>>> Takei said he and Altman have been together 21 years, since meeting at a
>>> gay men's running club in Los Angeles, where Altman trained the actor for
>>> his first marathon.
>>>
>>>
http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCAN1918632720080519
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steven L.
