It's customary for each graduating class to present a class stone which is ceremonially imbedded in this path-way at my high school; somehow I got roped into getting the one for '08, and since I have less than a month to figure this out, I could really use some ideas! [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 6 answers

I live in Austin Texas and just got engaged. I am trying to find a venue that offers an outdoor ceremony site and an indoor or covered reception area. My budget is no more than 2,000 dollars. [more inside]
posted on Jan 13, 2008 - 11 answers

Help us find the right place for small wedding ceremony / reception in Southern California [more inside]
posted on Jan 5, 2008 - 14 answers

Religion fulfills certain psychological needs. How do non-believers manage without it? [more inside]
posted on Dec 30, 2007 - 76 answers

Looking for ideas about how to make a sanitary, waterproof goblet for around ten bucks and an hour or so worth of labor. [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2007 - 18 answers

can you suggest a scottish-ish poem for my gorgie daughter's naming ceremony? [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2007 - 4 answers

Anybody got a good source for calling on the four and/or seven directions? It's for a wedding ceremony, and every internet source I've found gives different explanations of what the directions represent. Wedding is this Saturday, I'm officiating. Help! [more inside]
posted on Sep 3, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm officiating my younger sister's wedding, and want to find out what they want out of their ceremony. [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2007 - 5 answers

Recommendations and creative ideas for being the officiant at your friends wedding? [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2007 - 5 answers

What wedding songs (ceremony, not reception) would music lovers here suggest to be sung by a skilled, classically trained soprano accompanied by a not as skilled, works-for-a-small-church pianist? [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2007 - 7 answers

I've been asked to give a reading at a friend's wedding, so I'm looking for a poem that would be appropriate. Ideally, it should be modern (written after 1900) and sweet, but not sexual, religious, schmaltzy, or emetic. Most suggestions online are variations of Maya Angelou's "Touched By An Angel". I found the previous two AskMe questions on this topic helpful, and I have some ideas, but I'm hoping to generate a few more. [more inside]
posted on May 14, 2007 - 20 answers

My finance and I are planning on getting married in March 2008. She is from the West Indies and I am from the States. We would like to get her Visa application started sooner rather than later. Because of that, we thought we would get a marriage license / civil ceremony now so that we could get the Visa process going while we save money and plan for our proper wedding in 2008. So....where is a good place in the States to get a license / civil ceremony? Can we go to Vegas and get all this done in one day? Is there a typical waiting period between filing the application and actually getting the license? What's the easiest state to get married in? What about legislation regarding marriage? Help us get hitched!
posted on Mar 22, 2007 - 15 answers

Question about birthday party scene in the movie Guinevere. [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2007 - 1 answers

St Louis Wedding Locations: My fiancee and I are planning on getting married next spring (2008) in the St. Louis area. Neither of us is very religious, so we're looking for recommendations for ceremony locations that are not in a church. Of course, there's [more inside]
posted on Jan 28, 2007 - 18 answers

My sister is having trouble finding someone to marry her and her fiance in the Gastonia/Charlotte, North Carolina area. Help! See extended explanation. [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2006 - 15 answers

Minor riff on the mixed belief marriage question of earlier:

Has anyone ever participated in a marriage ceremony that had no legal basis? That is, a wedding without a marriage license, the public commitment without the contract law behind it. Your experience and opinions are appreciated.
posted on Oct 1, 2004 - 12 answers

Does anyone have any experience with self-solemnizing a wedding? My fiance and I are getting married soon and, since Colorado allows it, we'd like to solemnize our own wedding. Please share experiences and/or opinions, poetry has already been taken care of. Simple, tasteful, non-religious but meaningful is our goal.
posted on Aug 27, 2004 - 2 answers

Marriagefilter - I (we) got engaged a few weeks ago, and the wedding planning has started. We're frantically searching (our minds, the intraweb) for pre-ceremony songs. Something along the lines of Sarah Mclachlan, something easy for a male and female vocalist. My fiance is even considering a song by Wynonna. Please lend any suggestions; we're brain dead.
posted on Jul 24, 2004 - 22 answers