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George Takei sees gay pride beginning in Japan
Associated Press ^ | Jun 5, 2014 11:12 AM EDT | Mari Yamaguchi

Posted on 06/05/2014 1:36:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai

George Takei said he needed courage and anger to come out as gay and to join the equal rights movement for sexual minorities in the U.S., and he hopes his Japanese counterparts will do the same to make their society more equal.

Takei said he has noticed a movement beginning in Japan, though the country of his ancestry has a long way to go. He said Japanese people need to fight for their own rights and they need to be a bit angry, too. […]

Takei, 77, is in Japan to attend embassy-organized events marking LGBT Pride Month in the U.S. He later toasted gay rights at a reception hosted by Ambassador Caroline Kennedy attended by about 160 people, including Japan's first lady Akie Abe. …

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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: carolinekennedy; gayshas; georgetakei; homosexualagenda; japan; lavendermafia; rapingmychildhood; startrek
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See post #8 for a chuckle!

日本 ピング  (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)

41 posted on 06/05/2014 2:22:48 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Olog-hai
I like George, and don't really care about his being gay. He has one of the funniest Facebook pages around.
42 posted on 06/05/2014 2:24:21 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Disharmonious & Unmutual)
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To: Olog-hai

“Takei, 77, is in Japan to attend embassy-organized events marking LGBT Pride Month in the U.S. He later toasted gay rights at a reception hosted by Ambassador Caroline Kennedy attended by about 160 people...”

You just knew stuff like this would go on when they confirmed an intellectual lightweight like Caroline Kennedy to the position.


43 posted on 06/05/2014 2:32:03 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: real saxophonist

What he’s doing is wrong.


44 posted on 06/05/2014 2:32:39 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Olog-hai

“Equal rights”?

What a joke.

Everywhere they go, they insist on being at the front of the line.


45 posted on 06/05/2014 2:33:04 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Olog-hai

I wonder how many times Sulu’s fallen on a sword? Oh, my!


46 posted on 06/05/2014 2:39:57 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Olog-hai

Japan has always had a fundamentally indifferent attitude towards homosexuality than Western nations, but I think that Takei is deluding himself if he thinks there will ever be a “pride” movement of the same character as in the States or Europe.

That sort of public self-aggrandizement is alien to the culture and would be considered shameful, tacky, and pitiful. People would not condemn them for being gay, they just don’t think that way, but they would condemn them for making an ass of themselves in public, disrupting harmony, and bringing shame on their friends, family, and professional associates by their antics.

His ethnicity gives him no credibility on this issue. He simply does not know Japan well enough to make that kind of statement.


47 posted on 06/05/2014 3:00:26 PM PDT by Ronin (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
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To: Constitution Day

“UHF” ping !! Loved that quirky movie.


48 posted on 06/05/2014 3:11:57 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Olog-hai

Great, man on man anal & oral sex pride in Japan, that is what we’re really talking about here isn’t it? This world is just becoming more and more enlightened.

Excuse me, I gotta go puke.


49 posted on 06/05/2014 3:34:14 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: Olog-hai

Very much doubt it. Maybe a couple of years ago, but nationalist fervor is growing in Japan as a result of Chinese incursions. With a heavily patriarchical tradition, its not fertile ground for the homos. They’d be better going after Bhutan really.


50 posted on 06/05/2014 3:45:54 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: Olog-hai

Worthless on Star Trek...worthless everywhere else.


51 posted on 06/05/2014 3:46:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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To: Olog-hai

Japan’s first lady is endorsing sodomy? Foul.


52 posted on 06/05/2014 3:47:48 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Olog-hai

53 posted on 06/05/2014 3:49:06 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai; All
"George Takei sees gay pride
beginning in Japan"


54 posted on 06/05/2014 3:49:53 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Norm Lenhart

Who knows. I’ve said prayers for all of them and it’s in Gods hands now. I make jokes by instinct but in the end I hand it to the Almighty. My heart goes out to all of them, especially a 16 year old girl who was raised in confusion.


55 posted on 06/05/2014 4:00:59 PM PDT by liberty or death
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To: liberty or death

16 and female is hard enough under the best circumstances. I wish you all the best.


56 posted on 06/05/2014 4:06:52 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: dfwgator

After all the money I spent trying to buy up every copy of my picture...and it seems I missed one...

Damn.

;)


57 posted on 06/05/2014 4:11:08 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Constitution Day

UHF is probably one of the funniest weirdest movies ever made.

To this day whenever we go past a funeral parlor one of my kids asks if we can stop at the salad bar...


58 posted on 06/05/2014 4:16:25 PM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: Olog-hai

Because of course Japan doesn’t have enough trouble reproducing already.


59 posted on 06/05/2014 4:17:17 PM PDT by RichInOC ("“No, Mr. Sulu, ye canna beam up yer young friend.”)
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To: Olog-hai

The idea of that wrinkled up nobody George Takei being a homo is just ... creepy. He was the only character from Star Trek I had no respect for.


60 posted on 06/05/2014 4:19:34 PM PDT by IronJack
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