Gay celebrity weddings: 'Sulu' George Takei to wed his partner

In an announcement on his website, actor George Takei announced that he'll join Ellen DeGeneres by taking advantage of the new California same-sex marriage law and marry his partner and business manager Brad Altman. good wishes George. George Takei - © David Gabber / PR Photos

good wishes George. George Takei - © David Gabber / PR Photos

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Takei and Altman have been a couple for 21 years. Takei says:"As a Japanese American, I am keenly mindful of the subtle and not so subtle discrimination that the law can impose. During World War II, I grew up imprisoned behind the barbed wire fences of U.S. internment camps. Pearl Harbor had been bombed and Japanese Americans were rounded up and incarcerated simply because we happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. Fear and war hysteria swept the nation. A Presidential Executive Order directed the internment of Japanese Americans as a matter of national security. Now, with the passage of time, we look back and see it as a shameful chapter of American history...With time, I know the opposition to same sex marriage, too, will be seen as an antique and discreditable part of our history..."Takei's announcement is on the heels of Ellen Degeneres' wedding announcement to Portia de Rossi last Friday.

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I agreeMay 19th, 2008 - 21:46:40

I may not be gay myself, but I completely agree with his viewpoint. The bigotry towards homosexuals will eventually end. It's a natural occurence, even in the animal kingdom, there's nothing wrong with it (unless you're a religious zealot, or hatemonger) I with them luck.

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