Wedding readings ( civil)

[brummie]

Evening All. We are getting married in sept.because its a civil wedding any readings must be non religious.any ideas ? funny or serious.

John.

[Litchick]

Why not try some readings from Gibrhan's "The Prophet?" They are beautiful and spiritual without being religious. We used one at our wedding.

[Trillipse]

as an opening gambit, Nietzche's "What doen't kill me, makes me stronger" is catchy...

[mycatis]

This was the reading at a wedding I was at recently:

Why Marriage?
Author Unknown
Because to the depths of me, I long to love one person,
With all my heart, my soul, my mind, my body...

Because I need a forever friend to trust with the intimacies of me,
Who won't hold them against me,
Who loves me when I'm unlikable,
Who sees the small child in me, and
Who looks for the divine potential of me...
Becasue I need to cuddle in the warmth of the night
With someone who thanks God for me,
With someone I feel blessed to hold...

Because marriage means opportunity
To grow in love in friendship...

Because marriage is a discipline
To be added to a list of achievements...

Because marriages do not fail, people fail
When they enter into marriage
Expecting another to make them whole...

Because, knowing this,
I promise myself to take full responsibility
For my spiritual, mental and physical wholeness
I create me, I take half of the responsibility for my marriage
Together we create our marriage...
Because of this understanding
The possibilities are limitless

[lynlockwood]

Have you got any friends who are from another country and speak another language? We had a short love poem read out in Czech by a friend who I met while teaching in the Czech Republic and although I couldn't understand it (she later gave me a translation!) everyone agreed it sounded beautiful and it was unique.