Meanwhile, In Times Square

Last night.

Times Square, New York City.

Stephen O’Farrell writes:

I’m an Irish expat who grew up in Dublin and have lived in New York for the past five years. Being away from home, I really wanted to find a way to help with the YES campaign in Ireland.
Tonight the perfect opportunity arose while I was working with George Takei on a film shoot in Time Square. He and his husband Brad mentioned that they have been following the gay marriage referendum in Ireland closely and were looking for a way to show their support. Fortunately, I happened to have two Yes Equality signs with me…

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42 thoughts on “Meanwhile, In Times Square”

ahyeah May 19, 2015 at 9:26 am

Thanks, Stephen. And that was a great help.

Mé Féin May 19, 2015 at 5:51 pm

Being away from home, I really wanted to find a way to help with the YES campaign in Ireland.
He could help even more by getting on a plane to actually vote.
1. Yes! May 19, 2015 at 7:06 pm
  
  You cannot vote if you have lived out of the country for more than 18 months.

评论员 May 19, 2015 at 9:29 am

Did Takei Get To Where No Man Has Gone Before

St. John Smythe May 19, 2015 at 9:43 am

The middle of the shop floor at BT2 on the first morning of Sales Season?
1. Clampers Outside! May 19, 2015 at 10:29 am
  
  I think that was Janeway

Owen May 19, 2015 at 9:40 am

Fair play. A pleasant and simply touch of support.

JimmytheHead May 19, 2015 at 9:46 am

Proposed to my fiancée on that very sidewalk last year :-)

Lordblessusandsaveus May 19, 2015 at 9:49 am

Are you American?
1. JimmytheHead May 19, 2015 at 9:50 am
  
  No
  1. Birneybau2 May 19, 2015 at 9:58 am
    
    Classy.
Sheila May 19, 2015 at 10:27 am

Aw, congrats :)
1. JimmytheHead May 19, 2015 at 11:38 am
  
  thanks!
Don Pidgeoni May 19, 2015 at 10:30 am

Aww Jimmy, congrats!
1. JimmytheHead May 19, 2015 at 11:39 am
  
  cheers donald!
Clampers Outside! May 19, 2015 at 10:45 am

G’wan Jimmy The Head ! :)
1. Mani May 19, 2015 at 11:09 am
  
  Is he marrying the naked cowboy?
  1. JimmytheHead May 19, 2015 at 11:38 am
    
    Nah he was off that day, bit cold :-(
AhHereLeaveItOut May 19, 2015 at 11:37 am

*Footpath

Also, congrats.
1. JimmytheHead May 19, 2015 at 11:39 am
  
  Sidewalk, b*tch! Im walkin here!!!
  
  Thanks
Joe the Lion May 19, 2015 at 5:54 pm

Did she say Ta?

Lordblessusandsaveus May 19, 2015 at 9:53 am

Can’t stand the use of ‘Ex Pat’ among the Irish. You’re not all colonial civil servants working in British India and living in a Graham Greene novel. Get over yourselves. And you’re certainly not the first generation to emigrate. We’ve been there, bought the T-Shirt long before you and to much more exotic places than another western English speaking country.

Well done on the Yes support all the same.

(Ah you’re all conflicted now… oh he’s such a moan but he supports the Yes campaign).

Yes! May 19, 2015 at 9:59 am

Wait, what t-shirt? The one from the Graham Greene novel you visited? Sounds deadly!
1. St. John Smythe May 19, 2015 at 10:41 am
  
  that Guaranteed Irish t-shirt that was available in the 80’s
Desert Fox May 19, 2015 at 10:05 am

Ex-pat is the correct term.
It doesn’t lump you in with all teh Irish living there but lumps you in with all teh people from overseas living there.
Where I am I consider myself,. the British, the americans, australians, indians, etc living here as part of the ex-pat community.
1. Sinabhfuil May 19, 2015 at 10:20 am
  
  Surely expat, short for expatriate?
  
  But why not just go with exile?
2. Don Pidgeoni May 19, 2015 at 10:32 am
  
  Or immigrant, which is what you and I both are
  1. St. John Smythe May 19, 2015 at 10:42 am
    
    or Chancer
    1. Don Pidgeoni May 19, 2015 at 10:47 am
      
      That too!
    2. bertie blenkinsop May 19, 2015 at 10:47 am
      
      Or CD thief.
    3. Mikeyfex May 19, 2015 at 10:48 am
      
      Just one time
  2. AhHereLeaveItOut May 19, 2015 at 11:40 am
    
    This. E.g. If you’re a white foreigner living in Africa (as I am): expat, but African foreigner living in Europe/US: immigrant
Joe the Lion May 19, 2015 at 5:55 pm

Would ‘ex Sean’ make Grumpy Cat happy?

Bertie Blenkinsop May 19, 2015 at 10:25 am

Yes to the sentiment, no to the socks.

Digs May 19, 2015 at 10:35 am

Stephen once stole a collection of CDS on me once, didn’t you Stephen? Hopefully though a photo with an old actor will swing the vote. Great work Stephen. You’re an inspiration to us all.

Digs May 19, 2015 at 10:45 am

Only once!