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CBS Morning show interview with George Takei and his gay marriage

Rush Limborg said:
Perhaps one day marriage, between any two people who love each other, won't need to be a headline... rather accepted everywhere.
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Ah...ha...yeah. Okay. Mm-hmm. Yeah. (clears throat) Whatever you say.

In the meantime...perhaps one day, all opinions (left or right) will be treated with equal respect, thus establishing a true and internally consistent practce of... Infinite Diversity... in Infinite Combinations.

See, you can't force others to "accept" your opinions, or your lifestyle, or whatever. And one of the absolute worst ways to get your ideas across is to try and guilt (or worse, censor) those who don't agree with you. (As in, calling them "hate-mongers" and "bigots". If you're going to do that, look who's talking!)

The best way, on the other hand, is to live out your ideas as consistently as posssible. If it's a philosophy worth having, it will show in how productive your life is.



Now--on the brighter side, I think George is a SUPER-cool guy! Sulu is my second favorite TOS character (close second, BTW!). I am a STRONG supporter of the idea of a Captain Sulu series. Many of my book ideas concern the aventures of Sulu and the crew of the Excelsior!

And I like George's warm and fun-luving personality. It almost rivals my own!

Almost....

I was disghusted with the Shatner Roast, though. I could not believe that it was George Takei spewing out that garbage! Suppose Howard Stern had nothing to do with it...? :rolleyes:

Anyway, may George live a long and productive life! Here's to ye, mate!:techman:
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Excellent post on every point. Thanks. :techman:
 
Nichelle brought up the marriage when the two of them were on stage at VegasCon. Funny, I had never thought of him as straight or gay, ... just ... nice. I guess that is the way to be.

By the way, his niece was also a reporter for a TV station in Lexington KY for a few years. I wonder if he ever stopped by Shatner's horse farm when visiting her? :lol:
 
I didn't invite all of my former coworkers to my wedding. I am not invited to the weddings of all my coworkers, former or current. Why should Trek actors have to in order to not seem to be snubbing them? You can be perfectly friendly with people and still not, for one reason or another, be ready, willing and able to invite them to your wedding.
 
JustKate said:
I didn't invite all of my former coworkers to my wedding. I am not invited to the weddings of all my coworkers, former or current. Why should Trek actors have to in order to not seem to be snubbing them? You can be perfectly friendly with people and still not, for one reason or another, be ready, willing and able to invite them to your wedding.
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I guess for us the viewers, after 40+ years of watching them on screen, we see more than a group of coworkers, but an evolved family. And, as is usual, what we see on screen and what is real-life are two very different things.

Then again, Trekkies are not known for having a consistent sense of disconnect between fact and fiction :)
 
Yeah. Real life...don't talk to me about real life...;) (BTW...I can't imagine why there isn't a robot smiley. What an oversight!)

But getting married, goodness knows, is real life. At least it had darn well better be. So we just need to remember that.
 
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