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Every love story has something singular to celebrate, which means every wedding day is bound to be other . Each celebration will be infused with details that differ all the way down to the ceremony readings. No matter what approach of ceremony appeals to you or who you confide in to officiate, these gender-neutral, LGBTQ+ wedding ceremony script and reading ideas are the inspiration you need for creating your dream ceremony.
The Formatting Of A Wedding Ceremony
The words said during your wedding ceremony will be some of the most significant on your enormous day. But before you can fixate on the words, you have to understand what you want your ceremony structure to observe like. The formatting of every ceremony will differ based on a variety of things, but here is a general format that’ll give you a better idea of what you long to incorporate.
1. The Processional
The processional is the beginning of a ceremony where the flower young woman, ring bearer, your wedding parties, and immediate family members walk down the aisle together. Everyone will then accept their seats in preparation for the couple
As we’ve blogged about elsewhere, our ceremony was led by a celebrant. This means it was a bit different to your characteristic wedding ceremony led by a registrar. Our celebrant was Hannah Jones, and she worked with us for 6 months to create a ceremony that was meaningful to us, and represented what we believe marriage to be for our relationship. She was exceptional, and all our guests agreed, we can’t encourage her enough.
You’ll have to delay for our wedding video and photos to see parts of the ceremony itself, but here’s an overview of what happened:
Our Entrance
We walked down the passage to Holly Maher’s “Perfect Day“. The room we got married in had two doors at the back of the room, so Gemma’s sister Laura, and Emily’s brother Luke, walked in from either side, met in the middle and walked to the front. We then followed the same path, with each of our parents with us, met in the middle, and then walked the final passage together.
Standing outside that door waiting to go in was some of the most overwhelming nerves we’ve ever felt, but seeing each other walking across the room with everyone gasping as we walked in felt awes
Same Sex Wedding Ceremony Script Ideas We Love
Queer couples, if you’ve ever looked at wedding ceremony scripts and readings, you may perceive like they don’t totally fit. Things like “I now pronounce you dude and wife” only make sense for some couples. We’ve gathered some gorgeous same sex wedding ceremony script ideas to suit all couples. We’ve even broken them down into greetings, announcement of intent, exchanging the rings, and the pronouncement. So, for each aspect of your wedding ceremony, here are some beautiful ways to adjust the language so it fits with your relationship!
Featured image credit: Laura and Benny Photography
A greeting
We affection how a solemniser or celebrant can set the tone for the whole ceremony with an appropriate greeting. Here are some fabulous same sex wedding script greetings to choose from:
Declaration of intent
This is the part where you get to form some pretty amazing promises to one another!
Exchanging of rings
During this moment, while exchanging rings, you get to construct more promises to love and cherish one another.
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 organism here.
They are thrilled that you are here today to share in their joy during this superb moment in their lives.
By your presence, you commemorate with them the passion 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 creature 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 perception of joy and admire on this occasion. It is called 'To My Friend':
I love you not only for what you
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 organism here.
They are thrilled that you are here today to share in their joy during this superb moment in their lives.
By your presence, you commemorate with them the passion 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 creature 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 perception of joy and admire on this occasion. It is called 'To My Friend':
I love you not only for what you