{"id":10637,"date":"2010-11-02T18:14:31","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T01:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=10637"},"modified":"2010-11-02T18:14:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T01:14:54","slug":"treks-takei-targets-bigot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2010\/11\/treks-takei-targets-bigot\/","title":{"rendered":"Trek’s Takei Targets Bigot"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Takei<\/strong>, the original series’ Mr. Sulu, took aim at an Arkansas school board member whose anti-gay tirade made national headlines recently.<\/p>\n

Clint McCance<\/strong>, a member of the Midland district school board in northern Arkansas, did not like the “wear purple” campaign that was intended to show support for ending anti-gay bullying. His Facebook posting used slurs and encouraged gays to “all commit suicide.” After the resulting uproar after his comments were posted, McCance resigned his post.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>“Mr. McCance, you are a douchebag,” said an angry Takei. “That’s right, a douchebag. No person, let along an elected school official, whatever their personal or religious beliefs, should ever wish death upon another human being.”<\/p>\n

Then Takei claimed that McCance, had “some … issues to work out” and would no doubt end up in the headlines again “this time caught with a rent boy from some South American country.”<\/p>\n

Takei then addressed the public in general. “If you are a victim of gay bullying, I say this to you, it does get better and there is help out there.”<\/p>\n