ET's THEA ANDREWS was on hand as "Star Trek" actor GEORGE TAKEI and his longtime partner BRAD ALTMAN obtained a marriage license during a media-packed ceremony in West Hollywood. 

Takei, 71, tells ET that his 54-year-old partner Brad proposed to him as the two were eating, just after the news was announced that the California Supreme Court had legalized marriage for same-sex couples. "He said George, will you marry me? And I said, 'Darn it,' with my mouth full, 'I meant to do that, you beat me to it,'" Takei said. 

The couple, who have been together for more than 21 years, arrived to a throng of reporters at West Hollywood's auditorium and were first in line to pay $70 for a marriage license during a ceremony to honor same-sex couples.

Takei, who played Sulu in the "Star Trek" series, said a few of his TV co-stars will take pary in the wedding, planned for September 14th. "Our best man is going to be my colleague from "Star Trek," WALTER KOENIG, who played Chekov, and the matron of honor is NICHELLE NICHOLS, who played Uhura."