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Matt:
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Friends, Please
gather round.
Rick and Randy
have invited us here today to share in the celebration of their
marriage - their wedding.
We come together
not to mark the start of a relationship, but to recognize a bond
that already exists.
Today is a
special day, one in which we can all join together and rejoice in
the commitment that these two men are making to one another.
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Randy:
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I, Randy, take
you, Rick, just as you are, above all others, to share my life.
I commit my
life to our partnership in marriage. I promise to comfort you, to
encourage you in all walks of life. I promise to express my thoughts
and emotions to you, and to listen to you in times of joy and in
times of sorrow. Rick, I love you with all my heart, and you are
my closest friend. Will you let me share my life and all that I
am with you?
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Rick:
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I will |
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Rick:
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I, Rick, take
you, Randy, just as you are, above all others, to share my life.
I commit my
life to our partnership in marriage. I promise to comfort you, to
encourage you in all walks of life. I promise to express my thoughts
and emotions to you, and to listen to you in times of joy and in
times of sorrow. Randy, I love you with all my heart, and you are
my closest friend. Will you let me share my life and all that I
am with you?
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Randy:
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I
will |
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[Exchange
Rings] |
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Matt:
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Now
a reading from a traditional Apache Wedding Poem.
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Tracy:
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Now
you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter to the other. |
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Clem:
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Now
you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other.
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Karin:
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Now
there is no loneliness for you, for now there is no more loneliness. |
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Louis:
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Now
you are two bodies, but there is only one life before you. |
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Maia:
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Go
now to your dwelling place, to enter into your days together. |
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Chris:
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And
may your days be good, and long upon the earth.
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Matt:
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Let's
raise our glasses in a toast to the beginning of this new union. |
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[Toast/Kiss]
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