Wedding vows for same sex couples

Same-Sex Wedding Ceremony Script with Unity Sand Ceremony

wedding procession / PROCESSIONAL

Beginning of the Wedding Ceremony.

  • Guests are seated followed by the entrance of the wedding Party.

wedding Invocation

Officiant to reception

Friends, we’re here today to celebrate ___________ and ___________, as they promise each other their continued love and commitment in marriage.

Before we get started, obtain a minute to look at the person sitting next to you. Whether you’ve known ___________ and ___________ a short hour or for years, each of you brings irreplaceable joy to their lives. Each of you share a special place in their story, and are part of a community they’re incredibly grateful for. You all are their family, the people who make them feel accepted, appreciated, and loved, just the way they are. 

So take a moment to smile at each other. Feel the warmth and adoration that fills this room! Maintain that love in your hearts as we get these two married! 

Not too long ago, this wedding wouldn’t have been doable, and ___________ and _____

My perhaps ill-advised decision to enable connection with my extremely heterosexual and extremely traditional mom on social media has resulted in many fascinating discussions. What is a content warning? Why so much chat about Taylor Swift's necklace? Who's the man? 

Our embrace of the full spectrum of gender notwithstanding, she has seemed most confused by the photos of me, dressed in my best red flannel shirt and ostensibly matching tie, officiating the weddings of my friends.

I'm a queer ex-nun and comedian with an open heart and a willingness to do paperwork. I have a round tackle and a codependent streak the width of Lake Michigan and the depth of Lake Superior, which makes me a diligent try-hard with parents and a favorite of everyone's zany and slightly problematic Aunt Edna. My dubious wardrobe choices make me no one's enthusiastic first-choice celebrant. But my mom can grasp why, in an emergency, I am sometimes asked to attend as defacto queer secular clergy. 



However, she remains puzzled about why I agree to officiate these weddings when, as she said in

Same Gender Wedding Ceremony

Word of welcome

My name is (Officiant), and I have the privilege of performing this ceremony today. On behalf of (Partner 1) and (Partner 2), welcome and thank you for being here.

They are thrilled that you are here today to share in their bliss during this wonderful moment in their lives.

By your presence, you celebrate with them the cherish they have discovered in each other and you support their decision to commit themselves to one another for the repose of their lives.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves. If there is anything better than being loved, it is loving.

This afternoon we are here to celebrate passion. We come together to witness and proclaim the joining together of these two people in marriage.

This is the union of two individuals in heart, body, mind, and spirit, Therefore, marriage is not to be entered into lightly, but reverently, honestly, and deliberately. And it is into this union that (Partner 1) and (Partner 2) enter now to be joined.

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From the Archive: FUNNY WOMEN # Gay Wedding Vows

This piece was first published on September 10,

 

 

“The ruling will force the federal government to recognize same-sex relationships as ‘marriages’ in the few outlier states that possess bought into the lie and rejected thousands of years of history and common sense. And it will create chaos as same-sex couples move to other states that have held correct, and demand the same recognition from and in those states.” &#; Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage, in response to The Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate Section 3 of The Defense of Marriage Act

Denise and Laura

I, Denise, get you, Laura, to be my wedded wife. With the deepest joy I come into my new life with you, a life of knocking on church doors and sticking our tongues down each other’s throats as soon as a congregate member answers. As you have pledged to me your life and love, so I too happily give you my life, and in confidence submit myself to methodically carrying out our design to break into straight homes, confiscate