Humanist weddings 'on the increase' in Scotland

[MrJonno]

Why?, what is the point of a humanist wedding when the vast majority of weddings are civil and you can say anything you want (apart from anything about religion)

Maybe the civil weddings are very bland and bureaucratic, and people still want some sort of a ritual celebration, minus the god woo...

You can have anything you want at a civil wedding, mine had Star Wars music (I did check Jedi wasn't a religion for the purposes of the marriage act)

All the civil registrars get you to do is read out your vows (which you can write) and get you to sign the register, which is exactly the same for the marriage part of a religious wedding. Anything else is fluff introduced by the couple involved

[JimC]

Why?, what is the point of a humanist wedding when the vast majority of weddings are civil and you can say anything you want (apart from anything about religion)

Maybe the civil weddings are very bland and bureaucratic, and people still want some sort of a ritual celebration, minus the god woo...

You can have anything you want at a civil wedding, mine had Star Wars music (I did check Jedi wasn't a religion for the purposes of the marriage act)

All the civil registrars get you to do is read out your vows (which you can write) and get you to sign the register, which is exactly the same for the marriage part of a religious wedding. Anything else is fluff introduced by the couple involved

The couple themselves may well not regard it as fluff...

All I know is that if I was going to get married again, it would be John fi Skye or no one!

[MrJonno]

The couple themselves may well not regard it as fluff...

Its fluff as far as the law is concerned ,whether its a prayer or a breakdance party.
Marriage = legal sharing of wealth responsibilities and rights witnessed by someone in authority and can be trusted by the public

Anything else is nothing to do with with the state