F: As family and friends of Amie and Brian, we gave gathered to
 celebrate and support with love and acceptance, their decision
 to live together as man and wife.

 Who presents Brian to be married?

Sandy: I do.

F: Who presents Amie to be married?

Mike: I do.

F: Will you, Brian, be truly a partner in marriage, accepting
 Amie as your wife?

 Will you be there when she needs you to talk to, to listen,
  to help and reassure her;
  to challenge her, to shield her with your arms?
 Will you accept her day after day?
 Will you reach out to hold her hand awake, asleep,
  at birth time, at crying time, at dying time,
 Will you be strong when she is weak, share her interests,
  share your interests with her, give her freedom to be herself?
 Will you let her be a girl as well as a woman,
 Will you be caring when life is too much for one person to
  face alone?
 Will you remember when life seems so daily to bring her a flower,
  to laugh with tenderness, to be often gentle, to walk in the
  meadow with her, to share a joy and a suffering, to tell her
  that her beauty endures?
 Will you be responsible to her as to yourself through all the
  experiences of your common life?

B: Absolutely!

F: Will you, Amie, be truly a partner in marriage, accepting Brian
 as your husband?

 Will you provide comfort when he is downcast, encouragement when
  he falters in life, restfulness when he is tired, praise for his
  accomplishments, appreciation when he does something just for you?
 Will you cook WITH him, love your children, keep your home filled
  with beauty, love and comfort?
 Will you welcome his friends, share his interests, share your
  interests with him, give freedom to be himself, let him be a
  boy as well as a man?
 Will you accept him day after day?
 Will you be strong when he is weak, caring when life is too much
  to face alone?
 Will you reach out to hold his hand awake, asleep, at birth time,
  at crying time, at dying time?
 Will you remember when life seems so daily to look pretty for him,
  to spare him from ill humor, to challenge him, to walk in the
  meadow with him, to tell him that you love him more with each
  passing day?

A: I will.

F: The wedding ring is an outward and visible sign of an inward and
 spiritual grace, symbolizing a bond of love and signifying to
 unite Brian and Amie in Holy Matrimony.

(Brian forks over the ring and repeats:)

B: In token and in pledge of our constant faith and abiding love,
 with this ring, I become your husband.

F: Those whom God has joined together, let no man put asunder, Brian
 and Amie your promise to each other is that during all the years of
 your lives together, you will remember the things you found important
 during your earliest encounter, that you promise to grow and let
 your marriage grow; to be always flexible and imaginative in the
 give and take of living together; to consider yourselves as human
 beings with your own direction, and your own inner lives; to consider
 marriage as a living relationship sanctified by God, to care for
 each other as for yourself, to be kind, gentle, reverent, to always
 remember what your real values are, faith, hope and love, and that
 the greatest of these is love.

 By the authority vested unto me, I declare that Brian and Amie are
 now husband and wife, according to the ordinance of God and the laws
 of this State.

 The Lord Bless you and keep you; the Lord make His grace to shine
 upon you and be gracious unto you and give you peace, both now and
 the life everlasting.

*pause*

B: Can I kiss her now?

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