Non-religious ladies: prayer before meal?

I'm leaving ALL religion out of the wedding. FH was never raised religious. I was raised LDS, and like you, I am VERY against organized religion. I'm not even sure I believe in God. So no. There will be no prayers, no religious officiant, no Scripture readings, no meal blessings. Not having any of that!

We are not religious at all, and will not have any religious aspects on our wedding day. If you're against saying a prayer, don't do one!

Also, don't compromise with a moment of silence. It's not the same thing. A moment of silence is typically a gesture of respect for a person or people who have died.

Tell her no.

No religious was included in mine. Your mom is welcome to say her own prayer before she eats but there's no reason for everyone else to. This is one decision where "it's your day" is okay.

We are not having one mention of religion in our wedding. I would tell her no!

We had no religion whatsoever in ours.

I'm having a prayer before dinner. I never thought of it as having anything to do with organized religion. In my family it's customary for events and given by the senior member of the family. Maybe because I wasn't raised religious it just seemed like a way to get everyone settled and ready to eat.

No religion at our wedding either. i think that it's reasonable for you to say no to the prayer if it makes you uncomfortable. like PP said, anyone who wants to say a prayer before eating is free to do so on their own.

We are having our officiant say, "what god has joined..." We did that for our parents. But that is the only mention of god.

We aren't mentioning religion, faith or God at all on the day

(And I'm Catholic)

Tell her no, don't do a silence as Sunshine said usually it is for someone who has died. Heck graces even make feel awkward

We are atheists, so we won't be incorporating prayer anywhere. Our guests are of course welcome to pray anytime they choose.

I love the thought of grace. I'm guessing I've said it more often than not, at least before dinner. We'll be doing it. Do whatever makes you happy. To me, this is not an issue of who's paying, which can play into some decisions. If you don't want grace, those who like grace, can quietly say it to themselves before eating. No big deal.

If you don't need it, you don't need to have it, but there are non religious grace readings. Probably won't satisfy your mom....

If it's not your thing then I say leave it out

I'm Catholic and my FH is Buddhist. He knows that a Catholic Wedding Mass is really important to me and, since my church doesn't require him to be Catholic, he is fine with us having a Catholic Wedding Mass.

He didn't say anything about the reception, but I decided to 'pay one back' and, since no one on his side of the family is Catholic, I insisted that there be no blessings or prayers during the reception and to keep it neutral.

We are getting married in a church, but skipping the prayer. As someone who is not very religious I have always been very uncomfortable during the pre-meal group prayer. If they want to pray before eating they may do so privately.

Our officiant is a minster but she asked us if we wanted her to wear her robe (no) or mention religion (no). No prayers, no mention of God. We're not religious. We're not gonna fake the funk on our wedding day.

I am not religious person and my family and friends are not. But we do believe in God, the father and the Holy Spirit. My Ceremony will be Christian there will be prayer by Officiant and in the reception. Everyone has there believes. If you don't want prayer have her pray in silent. I think having a moment of silence is just for remembering our lost once. I wouldn't do it...

Like you I am spiritual, but very much against organized religion, so is my FH, just not as much as I am against it. There is NO religion in our wedding ceremony. I wouldn't go the meal prayer if you don't want too. FH and I feel awkward even during meal prayer at his aunt and uncle's house for holidays....its to weird for us.

FH and I are agnostic. Our parents are christians, but we will not include any type of higher being acknowledgement during our wedding. I'd be offended if someone tried. Even if I were a private believer of some sort of deity I wouldn't want it on blast at a meal, just because I believe things like that should be sacred and intimate for people of faith.