George Takei On Same-Sex Marriage & Donald Trump | msnbc

joining us now for a last word exclusivas actor George decay and LGBT activist George welcome back to the show I really appreciate you joining us tonight and

I wanna just begin %HESITATION by getting your reaction to what Donald Trump said when Jake tapper asked him %HESITATION

since Donald Trump says he's opposed to marriage equality %HESITATION Jake tapper asked him well what about you having three marriages a

let's hear his reaction Donald trump's answer to that think but what do you say to us as a lesbian or gay men who are married and

say I really don't say anything I mean I'm just I'm just check I'm for traditional marriage George to care what

would you like to say to Donald Trump well as a matter fact I did have a conversation with them %HESITATION

as you may know I did the apprentice show and %HESITATION during a press conference %HESITATION

I challenge in to have lunch with me so that we can discuss marriage equality this was a I

think two years ago and I fully expected him to dimmer %HESITATION saying I'm too busy but %HESITATION he

did accept and we have that lunch and when I %HESITATION again the met him he said you

know what George I just came from a gay marriage %HESITATION he had come from a wedding of

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Roth he is the head of virgin gems in theaters nineties off and the producer of many Broadway plays and

he told me that they were good friends of mine who was a beautiful marriage and %HESITATION I did

he said well I'm for traditional marriage and we had a long discussion over lunch and

we finally agreed to disagree %HESITATION he was for traditional marriage despite

the fact that he'd been married three times %HESITATION that is not traditional %HESITATION and

I you know approval of the %HESITATION is a three time marriage because you want to find the person that you love but

our constitution is a living document it's a it's not carved in stone and

over the years the whole arc of our democracy has been to adjust to the times to

and debated and marched her today we had a equality for women and it's the same thing with the %HESITATION

marriage equality over the years we've come to understand what marriage really means and

that's love it's centered on love Brad and I have been together for twenty eight years now Mary

seven of those years and that is what really counts %HESITATION I think a %HESITATION Donald

marriage because traditional marriage is where two people love each other commit to each other care