hell, just goto your lawyers office, sign a contract and be done with it, that's all it is anyway...
Posted on 07/01/2013 4:56:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai
It is a phrase used for centuries by couples pledging to be faithful to each other. But as Gary and Louise Lidington, from London, made final preparations for their wedding last weekend, they received an urgent telephone call from council registrars warning that they could not legally say the words “in sickness and in health”.
Officials in Tower Hamlets, east London, said that the phrase, which is used around the world, was too “religious” for a civil ceremony. The couple were forced to rewrite their vows, which they chose because of their traditional ring, just hours before the wedding, which took place on Saturday.
The phrase “to have and to hold” was also deemed too Christian, because of its echoes of the marriage service in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. …
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
How about: “Until I get bored, or a better offer comes along.”?
‘Civil ceremonies’ are a joke anyway. You might as well have a service in your basement for all the meaning it holds.
‘Civil ceremonies’ are a joke anyway. You might as well have a service in your basement for all the meaning it holds.
The MOMENT she says “headache”, it’s over !!!
I believe the old soviet civil union (wedding ceremony) consisted of dual signing of a registration form at the local office of Civil Registrations ... the same place you registered a new car or signed up for their equivalent of the draft or your new address.
Sounds like were we are headed.
hell, just goto your lawyers office, sign a contract and be done with it, that's all it is anyway...
Well works for queers you got aids I’m outta here!
“the old soviet civil union (wedding ceremony)”
At least they never extended marriage to other than one man and one woman.
I can’t for the life of me, understand why my first wife and I didn’t work, I’m a Virgo, and she’s a bitch... jus sayin’ :)
1960 and at the end of my tether to find a soul mate in a rough industrial steel town in Canada. Three months leave of absence to go back to England. There she was at the Hammersmith Palais in London, a school teacher. I wanted to get a quick licence and whisk her back to Canada. Mother in Law intervened. I had to return in 1961, to have a proper church wedding. The Reverend fixed me with a steady eye, when the vows were taken in the Christian Church.
"Peter, take care of her" he admonished.
Still going strong after all this time. Two daughters and three grandchildren.
Ok, ok. back to the chase. I wish the young couple well. I will now donate $75 to FR. Just had to lead off.
Can’t use “in sickness and health” in a country that has nationalized health care.
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