Commitment
Ceremonies
A commitment ceremony
makes public your love for each other and gives you an
opportunity to express your commitment to your
relationship in the presence of family and friends
without creating a legal relationship between you. So,
while a commitment ceremony is, to all intents
and purposes, a non-legal wedding, it fulfills all the
emotional purposes of a legal wedding -
it affirms your love and
your commitment to one another, acknowledges the
uniqueness and commitment of your relationship and
shares your joy in it with those close to you.
The only legal
requirement for your commitment ceremony is that
no-one present should be mistaken as to the nature of
the ceremony or under the illusion that it is a legal
marriage
Regardless of whether the ceremony creates a legal
marriage or not, you are making a sincere and serious
pledge of lifelong commitment to one another in the
presence of friends and loved ones. Your commitment
ceremony deserves the equal dedication and respect from
your celebrant. So I don't perform perfunctory
ceremonies, or lump commitment ceremonies in with
namings or other non-legal ceremonies. Nor do I reflect
a lesser input of time and skill by charging a very much
lower price than for a legal wedding.
More about weddings - legal
and non-legal
Apart from the legal requirements for a ceremony that
creates a legal marriage, you are planning a wedding. In
the interest of marriage equality, some of the links
below will take you to my general website