Same sex weddings

Traditions to Ditch for Your Same-Sex Wedding

Planning a wedding can be overwhelming when you think about all the decisions you&#;ve got to make. As a same-sex couple, you may have lots of questions about how to make your wedding feel love your own when so many traditions are aimed at heterosexual couples. Today we&#;ve picked six traditions to ditch for your same-sex wedding. We&#;ve provided details about where these traditions approach from and some fabulous alternatives for you to consider! The general message we&#;ve got for you today is this: you do you. Choose the traditions you want to keep and ditch the others. Sit down together and work out what you want your wedding to look like!

 

The proposal

In a same-sex marriage, you might be wondering &#;who asks whom?&#;. It&#;s a valid question with a plain answer: it&#;s up to you! Below, we&#;ll break down the tradition, its origins and some alternatives to consider.

Tradition: The groom requests permission from the bride&#;s parents to marry her. He then pops the question with a surprise proposal that usually invol

Marriage Equality Around the World

The Human Rights Campaign tracks developments in the legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the world. Working through a worldwide network of HRC global alumni and partners, we lift up the voices of community, national and regional advocates and disseminate tools, resources, and lessons learned to empower movements for marriage equality.

Current State of Marriage Equality

There are currently 38 countries where same-sex marriage is legal: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Uruguay. 

These countries have legalized marriage equality through both legislation and court decisions. 

Countries that Legalized Marriage Equality in

Liechtenstein: On May 16, , Liechtenstein's gove

Deciding Whether to Attend a Same-Sex Wedding

You&#;ve asked one of the most divisive and sensitive questions anyone could possibly raise at this particular moment in the history of western culture. But the cultural implications, as vital as they are, pale somewhat in comparison to the personal pain and confusion this scenario entails for you and your extended family. We want you to know that our hearts go out to you in the midst of your agony. You have a difficult decision to make, and one that will require a great deal of love, wisdom, and discernment. We&#;d consider it a privilege to offer a few thoughts as you walk through that process.

Before attempting to do this, we&#;d like to make one thing perfectly clear: Focus on the Family cannot advise you to attend this event. Our position on homosexual behavior and same-sex marriage is well known to everyone who is familiar with our ministry. We trust that homosexual unions are unreliable with God&#;s design for human sexuality as set forth in the opening pages of the Bible and in the words of Jesus Himself: &#;From the

Same sex weddings

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  • Beautiful Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Craft stone and glass work make Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, a spectacular venue.

  • Gellionnen Chapel made headlines in for conducting the first same-sex marriage in the region.

  • The open, bright and airy hall of Swansea Unitarian Church makes a perfect wedding location.

Unitarians possess long supported lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, and we are proud to provide marriage ceremonies for all couples. In fact, we were one of the the first churches to offer same-sex marriages.

In , we made history when Cross Street Unitarian Chapel in Manchester became the first place of worship to register for civil partnerships and Ullet Road Unitarian Church in Liverpool conducted the first religious same-sex civil partnership in the UK.

When the law changed to allow identical sex marriages, many Unitarian congregations were among the first to register to offer them too. Today, most of our + Unitarian churches, chapels and meeting houses in the UK are now registered to conduct identical