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A Beaming George Takei Spotted Lingering Over July Issue Of 'Brides' Magazine
Posted by Seth at 10:29 AM on June 5, 2008
We hardly think it would be an overstatement to suggest that California is currently gripped with a severe case of Gay Marriage Fever, a rare condition whose only cure is bearing witness to thousands of fabulously over-the-top, same-sex nuptials. On the heels of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi's joyful announcement that they'd finally make official their loving halfway home to hundreds of our city's homeless mongrels, comes this AP report via ABCNews.com—the same news outlet who sensitively proclaimed, "Stars' Gay Marriage Possible Career Suicide" shortly following the ruling—detailing the whirlwind romance of newly engaged Hikaru "George Takei" Sulu and his totally hunkycakes fiancé, Brad Altman:
They were working out in a running club and he couldn't take his eyes off Altman, who had a "lean, tightly muscled" body, the 71-year-old actor told AP Radio in an interview.
Takei said he asked Altman to help him train for a marathon, they fell in love, and now they've been living together for 21 years.
Altman said he proposed by getting down on one knee in their kitchen while Takei was eating a sandwich after seeing on TV that the California Supreme Court had legalized same-sex marriage. It surprised Takei, who thought he would be the one who popped the question.
They bought each other turquoise and silver wedding rings.
Takei and Altman plan to marry Sept. 14 in the Democracy Forum at the Japanese National Museum in Los Angeles.
Walter Koenig, who played Chekov in "Star Trek," will be the best man and Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura, will be the matron of honour. Castmate Leonard Nimoy will be among the 200 guests, but probably not William Shatner. Takei has said Shatner didn't treat him and most of the cast very well.
As happy as this news is, it saddens us that Shatner can't drum up for his co-star's wedding the same kinds of enthusiasm he musters for his heterosexual pursuits, and boldly join Takei on his journey to where no man-loving-man (who doesn't hail from Massachusetts and certain Benolux countries) has gone before.
- George Takei and Partner Plan to Wed in September [ABCNews.com/AP]
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gwendemarco
Posted 11:01 AM 5/6/08
This is so gay.
gwendemarco
ClicheLaMoron
Posted 11:50 AM 5/6/08
Only a fiend -- or George Lucas -- could fail to be heartwarmed by this.
All the Best!!
ClicheLaMoron
Koreanish
Posted 11:38 AM 5/6/08
We of the Pioneer Valley salute you, Mr. Takei! Congratulations.
Koreanish
gawksFromaRock
Posted 12:25 PM 5/6/08
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gawksFromaRock
Posted 12:06 PM 5/6/08
Captain Kirk...what a jerk...!
gawksFromaRock
el smrtmnky
Posted 12:39 PM 5/6/08
Congrats Sulu and Sulu's tightyly muscled husbanian to be! all the best.
and now, thanks to this, i fear Star Trek themed gay weddings are in my future.
el smrtmnky
DearEditor
Posted 1:10 PM 5/6/08
What a heady time to be in the Wedding Planner biz. Imagine the boom at family law firms...
DearEditor
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 1:54 PM 5/6/08
Congrats on jumping the shark, gays. Now you are just as boring as us heteros. Plus, now I won't have any one to roll my eyes at after I choke out "Ohhh...you're getting married? Gee, that's just soooo...great" and "...an engineered diamond? Neat..." since you'll be all bride-y and crap.
Turquoise and silver? Tres Santa Geh.
Little Mintz Sunshine
gawksFromaRock
Posted 2:29 PM 5/6/08
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gawksFromaRock
Posted 2:25 PM 5/6/08
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dumblonde
Posted 2:17 PM 5/6/08
I look forward to seeing Spock, Uhura, Scotty, and Kirk at the wedding. Should be an "all-star" affair.
Man, that was cheesy
dumblonde
DorothyMantooth
Posted 3:10 PM 5/6/08
@Little Mintz Sunshine: Huh. I always assumed you were one of the geighs, yourself.
DorothyMantooth
ophthalmologist
Posted 3:38 PM 5/6/08
With the decades-long 50% divorce rate among straight marriages, no wonder that when true lasting love like this goes public, it's taken as "news." Live long and prosper all!
ophthalmologist
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 3:53 PM 5/6/08
@DorothyMantooth: I'm here. I'm Presbyterian. Get used to it.
Little Mintz Sunshine
Superstarsteve
Posted 5:37 PM 5/6/08
As a big homo myself, I still find the whole idea of commitment and marriage scary and a 'sentence' of sort, like the kind the MSNBC "LOCKUP" series. I predict older guys like these two and mostly Lesbians--who are far better at long term relationships than gay guys (overall) will be the ones flinging themselves to the chapels and churches or civil ceremonies. Divorce lawyers must be either moist or creaming in their pants at a whole new batch of potential clients. Kids, if you're thinking about what kind of law to practice, perhaps Divorce atty might be a nice lucrative choice as your practice will be seeing "gay divorces" down the line.
Now as gays get more rights, (way overdue) we are becoming more mainstream and dare I say BORING. We have our GAY Pride festival in West Hollywood this weekend and dare I say there will be more than likely more straights as there have been each and every year. We're becoming more mainstream. Even the Supreme court in CA. wouldn't rehear the case on behalf of those who hate us and don't want to see us get married...
Maybe these seemingly 'possessed' conservative groups are afraid gays may do a better job at marriage than straights have. Go figure. They are more immersed in this than even a big homo like me. I wanna be single. And why would a straight person logically be so immersed in what gay people are up to. I get that Larry Craig syndrome feeling when I think how sweaty those people must get thinking about Gay marriage when our country is facing so many more pressing issues.
Superstarsteve
Itsjustcatnip
Posted 10:13 PM 5/6/08
@Superstarsteve: As a born-and-bred conspiracy-theorist, it all must track back to money and money interests. (As in people/companies with money stirring the pot and bring the burnt nasty crap up from the bottom.) I've heard some stories about insurance companies who don't want to have to cover more spouses. It's madly apparent that it's used as a hot button issue with the God crowd to get them into the polls.
As to why people get married? Some people feel like it's some sort of goal post. I did it because it made my husband happy. Strangely enough, it actually is a big financial plus. Our taxes work out better (which was surprising), and he gets to have insurance now.
Itsjustcatnip
SeaPeople
Posted 11:26 PM 5/6/08
Nevermind the politics, y'all, check out the picture. Adorable! I wish they were my two grandads.
SeaPeople
ky-jellydonuts
Posted 11:42 PM 5/6/08
I thought Scotty always did the beaming.
ky-jellydonuts
TimGunn
Posted 12:09 AM 6/6/08
The only reason I can see to get married is to trap whoever it is your fucking at the time, so he can never, never leave you.
TimGunn
CrankYank
Posted 2:55 AM 6/6/08
If George has found someone who loves his quirky kind of happy/creepy, he should lock it up.
CrankYank
majikthise
Posted 5:43 AM 6/6/08
i've always said that everyone should be married once, just so they know why to never do it again.
majikthise
gawksFromaRock
Posted 11:40 AM 6/6/08
@Superstarsteve: "As a big homo myself, I still find the whole idea of commitment and marriage scary and a 'sentence' of sort"
@TimGunn: "The only reason I can see to get married is to trap whoever it is your fucking at the time, so he can never, never leave you."
I've always felt both those sentiments, too, here on the hetero side of things.
gawksFromaRock
Losin_it
Posted 2:51 PM 6/6/08
"Kids, the only reason I married your daddy is so I can trap him into supporting us, and yes, to have sex with me for the rest of his life. What's "sex"? Well, you'll find that out for yourselves in a few years, when you reach the age of 10."
Losin_it