A 'Star Trek' Wedding

GEORGE TAKEI & BRAD ALTMAN

When former Star Trek actor George Takei, 71, wed Brad Altman, 54, on Sunday, Sept. 14, it seemed that all the planets had aligned. Their nuptials were a moving but lighthearted ceremony, that included a Buddhist priest, a kimono-clad koto player, a Scottish bagpiper and Star Trek costars Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig.

The two men had waited over two decades for this day to come and decided to tie the knot last May after California’s Supreme Court allowed gay marriage under the state’s constitution. “We’ve been living in sin for the past 21 years,” says Takei. “It’s high time we made it legitimate.”