Recently the influential public speaker and writer Milo Yiannopolous came under intense media scrutiny for comments he made regarding child abuse that he suffered at the age of 13, some media outlets went as far as to accuse these comments of being "child sex advocacy".



Following this, Yiannopolous made a public apology for his very poor choice of words, explicitly stated his disgust at pedophilia and resigned from his position as Breitbart tech editor. It should also be noted that he had a $250,000 book deal cancelled following the media spotlight on these comments.



It has recently come to light that actor and prominent public figure George Takei made statements on The Howard Stern Show describing pedophilia and child molestation as "wonderful" and "delightful".



We ask that Mr. Takei show the same integrity and concern for vulnerable children that Yiannopolous did by issuing a public apology for these statements, resigning from his position as spokesman for Pizza Hut and explicitly clarifying whether he advocates child abuse and pedophilia or not.



Mr. Takei is a hugely influential public figure and a failure to apologize and explicitly renounce the positive statements he made regarding pedophilia could be perceived as continuing to condone child abuse and pedophilia by the hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of his fans that are influenced by his words and actions.