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Alternative Wedding Ceremony Ideas & Examples

We’ve got SO much wedding ceremony advice like how to officiate a wedding, tons of wedding ceremony readings, a bazillion wedding ceremony scripts, and even wedding vow examples! We’ve also got info about handfasting and other unity ceremonies. You’ll want to start here: Wedding Ceremony 101.

best quotes from the SCOTUS marriage equality decision to use in your equality-focused ceremony

5 best quotes from the marriage equality decision to use in your ceremony

While we still have so far to go and so many potential obstacles in our path, I wanted to call out some ways to include the recent advances from Obergefell v. Hodges (the SCOTUS marriage equality case in which the Court held that the right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples under the Constitution) into your ceremony. Here are some of my favorite lines to pull into your equality-focused ceremony.

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Become a minister the Stephen Colbert way (on the toilet!?)

If you’re looking to become a minister in order to officiate a friend’s wedding, or start a super-fulfilling career? Then meet our sponsor American Marriage Ministries. It’s the site Stephen Colbert turned to to get ordained!

Pretty cool, right? Here’s why Colbert probably chose American Marriage Ministries to become a minister…

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Not afraid of your scars: Wedding ceremony readings for second marriages

We’re familiar with planning second weddings in these parts (our own Megan is doing it right now!), and let me tell you, it’s not easy finding wedding readings for second weddings. Let’s find you some awesome readings, poems, and song lyrics for your second marriage.

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Hot weather favors: big-ass wedding fans!

Colleen and David’s warm weather wedding had loads of noteworthy details (you can see it all here!), but the one we heart for upcoming spring and summer weddings are big ol’ wedding fans as favors.