Gay wedding vows
These are the vows we wrote for each other, and shared during our ceremony, which you can read more about here. We’ve had a lot of people ask us for help with writing theirs since we posted these, so we’ve decided to start a little service. Click here to contact us and find out more.
We read our vows to each other from ribbons we’d written them on. 7 metres each! The ribbons we used were from here. Brief tip: only write on them with biro or ballpoint, or the ink will bleed! You could also use these ribbons for a handfasting if you wanted!
Gemma’s Vows
Before we met my ideas about what a relationship could be were so limited and unimaginative in comparison to what we own together. I didn’t know there could be such a rainbow of happiness and that someone could know and love me as intimately and completely as you do.
The years we’ve spent together have been the most beautiful of my being. Years where I’ve laughed more than ever, grown and learnt more than ever, and where I’ve felt freer than ever to be myself.
I want to thank you for choosing me to be your person. And for your constant and unwavering conviction in me, including when I was ill
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 promise in marriage.
Before we obtain started, take a minute to look at the person sitting next to you. Whether you’ve established ___________ and ___________ a short time or for years, each of you brings irreplaceable joy to their lives. Each of you share a extraordinary 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 love that fills this room! Hold that love in your hearts as we gain these two married!
Not too long ago, this wedding wouldn’t have been achievable, and ___________ and ___________ are beyond happy that you’re here to rejoice with them today.
We realize that tru
From the Archive: FUNNY WOMEN #106: Gay Wedding Vows
This piece was first published on September 10, 2013.
“The ruling will force the federal government to remember same-sex relationships as ‘marriages’ in the few outlier states that have bought into the lie and rejected thousands of years of history and usual sense. And it will create chaos as lgbtq+ couples move to other states that have held true, 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, take you, Laura, to be my wedded wife. With the deepest delight 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 adore, so I too happily give you my experience, and in confidence submit myself to methodically carrying out our plan to break into straight homes, confiscate all bibles and burn them in a lesbian bonfire while chanting penis-shrinking incantati
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 creature here.
They are thrilled that you are here today to share in their joy during this marvelous moment in their lives.
By your presence, you observe with them the adoration they have discovered in each other and you support their decision to commit themselves to one another for the relax of their lives.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves. If there is anything better than organism loved, it is loving.
This afternoon we are here to celebrate love. 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) come now to be joined.
Reading
Now a reading that express the feeling of joy and like on this occasion. It is called 'To My Friend':
I love you not only for what you
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