--- title: George Takei Gives Alabama the Ring Finger Over Gay Marriage Ruling description: The "Star Trek" alum starts the #LuvUAlabama hashtag to protest the Alabama Supreme Court decision canonical: https://time.com/3732800/george-takei-alabama-gay-marriage/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-05T02:38:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:24.552Z og:title: George Takei and Others Give the Ring Finger After Alabama Halts Gay Marriage og:description: The 'Star Trek' alum starts a hashtag protesting the court's decision og:url: https://time.com/3732800/george-takei-alabama-gay-marriage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb601f8aed5dbe3c/6987822f0b72e3604c6ddff2/462689170.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: AARP 14th Annual "Movies For Grownups" Awards Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George Takei and Others Give the Ring Finger After Alabama Halts Gay Marriage twitter:description: The 'Star Trek' alum starts a hashtag protesting the court's decision twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb601f8aed5dbe3c/6987822f0b72e3604c6ddff2/462689170.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George Takei and Others Give the Ring Finger After Alabama Halts Gay Marriage  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Mar 5, 2015 2:38 AM UTC  George Takei and Brad Takei arrive at the AARP 14th Annual "Movies For Grownups" Awards Gala held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on February 2, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. George Takei and Brad Takei arrive at the AARP 14th Annual "Movies For Grownups" Awards Gala held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on February 2, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.Michael Tran—FilmMagic  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Mar 5, 2015 2:38 AM UTC _Star Trek_ actor and beloved social media personality George Takei took out his frustrations online Wednesday, one day after Alabama halted gay marriage licenses. He and his husband flipped off the state’s Supreme Court—with their ring fingers—after a ruling Tuesday ordered probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, even though a federal court found the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. “I’m going to say it,” Takei wrote on Facebook. “Alabama is really starting to p\*\*s me off.” Two hours later, he posted a photo of he and his husband, Brad Takei, giving Alabama the (ring) finger. “Alabama just gave SCOTUS the finger by halting marriage equality there despite federal orders,” Takei posted. “Couples, let’s respond! Whether gay or straight, post a photo on FB or Twitter giving AL the ‘wedding finger’ and tagging [ #‎LuvUAlabama‬](https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/luvualabama?source=feed%5Ftext&story%5Fid=1195367357159382).” The hashtag quickly spread on Facebook and Twitter, with couples and advocates posting their own pictures. > [](https://twitter.com/rthomasart/status/573233077721436160) > [](https://twitter.com/tojolaw/status/573230637550682112) > [](https://twitter.com/WriterLarry/status/573240213297881089) > [](https://twitter.com/eloquentwrage/status/573241620566568961) > [](https://twitter.com/merelymel13/status/573227919994064896) George Takei Gives Alabama the Ring Finger Over Gay Marriage Ruling ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3732800/george-takei-alabama-gay-marriage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3732800/george-takei-alabama-gay-marriage/"},"headline":"George Takei and Others Give the Ring Finger After Alabama Halts Gay Marriage","datePublished":"2015-03-05T02:38:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:24.552Z","description":"The 'Star Trek' alum starts a hashtag protesting the court's decision","url":"https://time.com/3732800/george-takei-alabama-gay-marriage/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb601f8aed5dbe3c/6987822f0b72e3604c6ddff2/462689170.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb601f8aed5dbe3c/6987822f0b72e3604c6ddff2/462689170.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AARP 14th Annual \"Movies For Grownups\" Awards Gala","caption":"AARP 14th Annual \"Movies For Grownups\" Awards Gala","creditText":"Michael Tran—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3732800/george-takei-alabama-gay-marriage/","name":"George Takei and Others Give the Ring Finger After Alabama Halts Gay Marriage"}}]}] ```