George Takei Marries Longtime Partner Brad Altman

fter 21 years of living together George Takei and Brad Altman married Sunday night in front of Trekkers Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols and about 200 other friends. Takei, 71, and Altman, 54, exchanged vows at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown L.A.'s Little Tokyo.

     The ceremony was performed by a Buddhist priest and a Native American band provided the wedding music. After the ceremony they marched out past their guests to a Scottish bagpipe, a nod to Takei's longtime love of Edinburgh, home of the world's most famous Shakespeare festival. Takei is a trained shakespearian actor who has performed at Edinburgh on numerous occasions.

A bagpiper leads George Takei and Brad Altman from their wedding at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy to a reception at the Japanese American National Museum, in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. Behind Takei are fellow "Star Trek" actors Walter Koenig, partially obscured, and Nichelle Nicols. (AP Photo/The Rafu Shimpo, Mikey Hirano Culross)

     "I can add 'my husband' to the list of things I call you," Takei said in his vows, which took place after the couple stepped into a circle of yellow roses. "I vow to care for you as you've cared for meÉand to love you as my husband and the only man in my life." The couple will honeymoon in South America after an appearance Tuesday morning on the CBS Early Show.

     Takei and Altman were among the first same-sex couples to secure a wedding license in West Hollywood on June 17, the first day on which after it was allowed by law.

From left, Nichelle Nicols, Brad Altman, George Takei and Walter Koenig pose for photos following the wedding of Altman and Takei at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. Nicols, Takei and Koenig are members of the original cast of the Star Trek TV series. (AP Photo/The Rafu Shimpo, Mario G. Reyes)

Brad Altman and actor George Takei pose for photos on their wedding day at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/The Rafu Shimpo, Mario G. Reyes)