> "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
>
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