Partners Wedding Ceremony

Marriage Commissioner:

We are gathered here today to witness and to celebrate the marriage of SPOUSE 1 and SPOUSE 2 and to be with them as they pledge themselves to each other.

Theirs is a partnership freely chosen and founded on love, friendship, trust and respect, a partnership that encourages a deep and gentle caring for one another.

You are the people with whom they want to share their joy as they enter into marriage and they hope that, in the years ahead, your love will be a continuous source of strength for them.

Marriage is a way of life that none should lightly undertake.

If anyone present knows a reason why Spouse 1 and Spouse 2 may not lawfully marry, you must declare it now or hereafter hold your peace.

Charge to Spouse 1 and Spouse 2

You are here today with your families and friends to publicly declare your love for one another.

Do you pledge to treat each other with kindness, respect, and compassion, to actively listen to each other, and to speak to each other, with honesty, always?

The couple will answer: We do

SPOUSE 1, please repeat after me…

I SPOUSE 1, do solemnly declare, that I do not know, of any lawful impediment, why I may not be joined in matrimony to SPOUSE 2.

SPOUSE 2, please repeat after me…

I, SPOUSE 2, do solemnly declare, that I do not know, of any lawful impediment, why I may not be joined in matrimony to SPOUSE 1.

The Wedding

Your marriage is an act of faith, which must not be entered into lightly.

It must be based on the firm belief in your individual worth and in that of the other, remembering that the pledges you make today will only remain valid as long as you look upon them as an expression of your devotion and freedom.

Today you are dedicating yourselves to that most fragile of all endeavors, a human relationship.

The words spoken in this ceremony will not validate your marriage unless your love and your commitment to one another are strong enough to sustain it.

You must promise to love, respect, and support each other in all the rough times, the sad times, and to celebrate all the happy times together.

SPOUSE 2, will you take SPOUSE 1 to be your spouse, to love her/him, comfort her/him, honour and protect her/him; and forsaking all others to be faithful to her/him for as long as you both shall live?

Spouse 2 shall answer: I will.

SPOUSE 2, repeat after me…

I call upon these persons here present, to witness that I, SPOUSE 2, do take you, SPOUSE 1, to be my lawful wedded spouse.

SPOUSE 1, will you take SPOUSE 2 to be your spouse, to love her/him, comfort her/him, honour and protect her/him, and forsaking all others to be faithful to her/him for as long as you both shall live?

Spouse 1 shall answer: I will.

SPOUSE 1, repeat after me…

I call upon these persons here present, to witness that I, SPOUSE 1, do take you, SPOUSE 2, to be my lawful wedded spouse.

Exchange of Rings (Optional)

May I have the first ring, please? (SPOUSE 1 receives ring for SPOUSE 2’S finger.

SPOUSE 1, place the ring on SPOUSE 2’S finger, hold it there and say these words to her/him.

With all my love I give you this ring, an everlasting symbol,

of the vows we have made to each other,and as a token of my love for you.

May we have the other ring, please? (SPOUSE 2 receives ring for SPOUSE 1’S finger)

SPOUSE 2, place the ring on SPOUSE 1’S finger, hold it there and say these words to her/him.

With all my love I give you this ring, an everlasting symbol, of the vows we have made to each other, and as a token of my love for you.

The Declaration of Marriage

SPOUSE 1 AND SPOUSE 2, from this day on, may you always communicate openly and honestly. May you live in each other's company in peace, trust and joy.

May you endlessly delight in each other, and love and fulfill each other always.

You have chosen each other in love and freedom. You have declared your purpose before your family and friends gathered here today and you have made your pledges one to the other.

Therefore I, __________ by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Marriage Act; do hereby pronounce you SPOUSE 2 AND SPOUSE 1 to be married.

The Nuptial Kiss You may now seal these vows with a kiss.

Signing of Documents Licence and Register

Introduction of Newly Married Couple It is my pleasure to introduce for the first time __________ and __________, The Newly Married Couple!