In yet another disastrous, insidious strike against America, George Takei has married his long-time partner Brad Altman.

George Takei and his longtime partner, Brad Altman, have agreed to live long and prosper together.

Takei, 71, and Altman, 54, were married Sunday in a multicultural ceremony at the Japanese National Museum that featured a Buddhist priest, Native American wedding bands, a Japanese Koto harp and a bagpipe procession.

The couple, both clad in white dinner jackets with black pants, made a grand entrance to the tune of “One Singular Sensation” from the Broadway musical “A Chorus Line.” They stepped into a circle of yellow roses and lilies, where they shared a traditional Japanese tea ceremony and were wed by a Buddhist priest.

The couple, who have been together for 21 years, wrote their own vows.

Not doubt George and Brad’s sterling example of monogamy and devotion will drive ever more straight people to destroy their marriages.

Seriously, though, what’s really horrible about this is that there is, right now, a ballot measure in California that would declare that Takei and Altman are nothing more than second-class citizens whose marriage and devotion to one another means nothing. That’s just morally reprehensible. And it’s why Takei and Altman chose to make their marriage public:

We have a relationship that’s been stronger and longer-lived than some of our straight friends, and yet we were not equal,” Takei told The Associated Press before the ceremony. “What this does is give us that dignity; (it’s) being part of the American system and being whole. We’re making the American system whole as well, as America is becoming more equal.”

Such activism is nothing new for Takei. He participated in the civil rights movement, served as a Democratic delegate in 1972 and fought for redress for those — like his own family — who were forced into internment camps after World War II.

“I grew up determined not to be marginalized,” he said. “That served as an incentive for me to be proactive.”

Here’s hoping they have a long and happy marriage.

Read our take on the history of gay marriage here.

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