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TwitterLeonard Nimoy votes NO on Prop 8! William Shatner calls it 'dissident'?
The original "Star Trek" costars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, with their respective wives, attended the Walt Disney Concert Hall gala opening last weekend dedicated to Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, in his final season with the L.A. Philharmonic.
The Dish Rag asked Nimoy if he'd attended the wedding of his "Trek" costar George Takei (a.k.a. Lieutenant Sulu) to his longtime life partner, Brad Altman, and how he felt about Prop 8.
"We got an invite and sent George and Brad an e-mail and told them unfortunately we had to be in New York that day –- but we sent them our best wishes," said Nimoy.
He added: "Absolutely NO on Prop 8 because I believe that gay people have every right to get married and share their lives. George and Brad have been together for many years. They have every right to be together in any way they choose. Prop 8 is completely unjust."
Shatner was all too happy to talk about the night's honoree: "I have followed Esa's career to when he first came here, then to the Hollywood Bowl then to this amazing musical venue here."
Since it was reported Takei did not invite him to his wedding due to their acrimonious history, we just asked about Prop 8.
"That's not about music," said Shatner, before concluding our chat. "That has a dissident sound to it."
Dissident? Or just dissonant?
What's up with Shatner?
How do you vote on Prop 8, which would make further gay marriages, such as Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's nuptials, unlawful in California?
Photos: William Shatner and his wife, Elizabeth. Leonard Nimoy and his wife, Susan.
Courtesy of Mathew Imaging
Reporting: Leah Sydney
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There are no reasons, real or imaginary, to oppose the right of gay people to marry other than simple hatred of gay people.
Proponents of Prop 8 want to enshrine homophobia into California's constitution and turn gay people into second-class citizens.
Please, for the sake of your brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, relatives, friends, neighbors, co-workers -- Vote NO on Prop 8!
I am voting NO on 8!
Please side with common sense and equal rights.
When the author of this silly story asked you how you are going to vote on Prop 8, she didn't mention that the Los Angeles Times' editorial board is strongly opposed to Prop. 8.
"We fervently hope that voters...vote no on Proposition 8." (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-marriage8-2008aug08,0,1229155.story)
tomk, There are reasons to oppose the right of homosexuals to marry and it's not about hating. A select group, a minority group, should not impose their will on the rest of society. Put same sex marriage on the ballot, don't get activist judges to overturn a vote that was already made. For the sake of our brothers, sisters, sons,daughters, relatives, etc, let our vote count this time!
Prop 8 is necessary. Domestic partnership is for homosexual relationships and marriage is for heterosexual relationships. It's not about a phobia it's about protecting marriage.
Live Long & Prosper Shatner & Nimoy!
My husband is Welsh.
I'm African/Asian.
40 years ago these fear mongering, hate filled bigots would have targeted us.
If 1 of us isn't free, none of us are!
NO ON 8!
Western society has, over the course of thousands of years, observed and concluded that the best environment for the development of children is a one mother, one father family. Not two fathers, not two mothers, and not one daddy with five mothers, not just a mother, and not just a father.
With that in mind, American society has wisely decided to encourage that kind of family by granting it legal privileges. It's as simple as that.
Marriage is not a right, it's a simple legal privilege enacted for the betterment of children.
Not everything is about you, you self-centered morons.
Yes on Prop 8! Thank you LA Times for posting my Yes on Prop 8 comment though most media outlets oppose Prop 8. Just educating Californians about the backward approach to allow same sex marriage will bring them to their common sense to support defining marriage between man and woman. What's next? Humans marrying animals? Why not polygamy? Don't humans have the capacity to love more than one person equally? Let's keep it traditional please!
Vote Yes on 8
I have co-workers that are gay and love them. I believe they have the right to have their own beliefs and to live their lives as they please.
However, they shouldn't be redefining marriage for the rest of California. Not only that, imagine the amount of tax dollars that will be spent on paying for lawsuits against organizations that do not believe in homosexuality? This has already happened in Mass. and other countries that allow gay marriage. In other words, by giving one right, we are taking away several other rights. I don't want to see that happen.
Unfortunately by allowing same-sex couples to marry opens pandora's box on many other things including the mandate to teach school children about same-sex marraige, forcing ministers to perform same-sex marraiges, etc, etc, etc. Vote Yest on Prop 8!
Prop 8 is wrong. It was the Supreme Court in the 60s that ruled 'Separate but Equal' is wrong for our schools. Now you would make that the law in California.
I'm sorry but that cannot be allowed.
Legally, marriage is a Civil Contract between two people. The religious aspect is completely separate. The 'Yes on 8' people would have you believe that this would force churchs to perform same-sex marriages or lose their tax exempt status. Again, not true. The Separation of Church and State forbid government from interfering in such decisions by churches. I seriously doubt that any self-respecting GBL couple would waste their time trying to get married at Cavalry Chapel or other 'churches' of that ilk.
Vote No on Prop 8. say not to Hate