Sample Vows

Lucy and Ethel, you have come here today to make legal what you have already been living in your lives and in your hearts: your love for and commitment to one another.

Do you, Lucy, take Ethel, to be your lawfully wedded spouse/wife/partner? (I do)

Do you promise to love, respect, and honor her, to support, comfort, and care for her, whatever life brings? (I do)

Will you stand by her, grow and change with her, and genuinely share your life with her? (I will)

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Do you, Ethel, take Lucy, to be your lawfully wedded spouse/wife/partner? (I do)

Do you promise to love, respect, and honor her, to support, comfort, and care for her, whatever life brings? (I do)

Will you stand by her, grow and change with her, and genuinely share your life with her? (I will)

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RING EXCHANGE: Lucy and Ethel, at this time do you wish to exchange emblems of your love and regard for one another?

Lucy, please take Ethe'sl left hand and place the ring upon her finger as you repeat after me: I give you this ring... as a symbol of my promise... to love and be with you... for as long as I live.

Ethel, please take Lucy's left hand and place the ring upon her finger as you repeat after me: I give you this ring... as a symbol of my promise... to love and be with you... for as long as I live.

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By the authority vested in me by the laws of the District of Columbia, it is my great honor to pronounce you legally wed.