Religious OR Non-Religious Ceremony

I was raised Methodist and was religious for many years. I still have faith, but don't consider myself "religious" anymore. FH grew up with a catholic mom, protestant dad and went to both until his first marriage, which he converted to catholicism for. Needless to say, he's hardly been inside of a church since. Funny though, he almost insisted we marry in my family's church since generations and generations of my family have been married there. Eh, I didn't want to. SO we're getting married in a non-religious, outdoor, quicky ceremony and I bought a sign from Hobby Lobby for ceremony decor with 1 Corinthians 13 on it. Done.

FH and I aren't religious. FH's parents are super religious. So to be sure I have happy in-laws, we are having a minister marry us who will throw in some Christian language and wear his robes. Other than that, no other religious stuff, it's an outdoor ceremony.

FH & I are both Christians. I believe God brought us together so he's definitely a big part of our lives, but I really wanted to have the ceremony outdoors in a garden. My dad is a pastor & he'll be marrying us so the ceremony will still be religious, just not inside a church

I wanted a Jewish wedding. NotFroofy liked the solemnity of having it in a religious building, but is an atheist whose concept of weddings was developed from the Church of England. We ended up having a rabbi as officiant, having the wedding in a synagogue, and saying the prayers as written in Hebrew. However, we used English interpretations that did not mention God and instead talked about the universal themes. We also used the vows from the Church of England service.

We're both Buddhist so we had a non denominational officiant, and of course the ceremony wasn't in a church lol.

DH was raised Jewish & I was raised Lutheran. We had a civil wedding officiant marry us in a garden. It was after our wedding that I realized there were probably more couples than just us who would like a civil ceremony and decided to become a civil wedding officiant.

We were both raised catholic but neither of us is religious. We're getting married in a casino and it will be completely non-denominational

We're both raised catholic, and if God was even mentioned in our ceremony not in the ECNext of a hilarious joke, we'd both be pissed.

Non-religious here. If you could go anti, we would, lol.

Neither of us are religious. I was raised in a VERY catholic house, and my husband was raised methodist. We got married in the catholic church with the full mass, because it was really important to my dad. It was important to my inlaws that we got married in a church too. They didn't care if it was catholic or methodist. My husband knew before we even started planning that the expectation was there for a catholic ceremony, so it wasn't an issue for us. Our son is baptized catholic and my husband has considered converting, although I don't care one way or the other and would never pressure him into it. My entire extended family on both my mom and dad's side is catholic, so they appreciated the mass. my husband's family has a lot of catholics too and the methodists sat through it with a smile on their face. we only had 75 guests so the whole thing was over in probably 40 minutes which I didn't feel bad about. Most people will gladly sit through a religious ceremony to get to the free food and open bar.

I'm religious. He says he remains neutral. We are getting married in a park.

I was raised in the church, but I left once I got to an age where I could make my own decisions. My FH claims to be religious but he's not. I typically wanted a church wedding because I thought that was what people did but I found out that there was other alternatives. I even tried getting back into church but FH claims church is boring so honestly we just aren't religious I guess. No religious ceremony for us.

I'm an atheist and my FH isn't really religious. So it will be a non-religious ceremony for us.

We are getting married in the Catholic Church. We are both Catholic, he is not practising and I am not a regular church goer but I do go sometimes. I wanted to get married in the same church I did all of the other sacraments in to date, he didn't care one way or the other. It was important to his mother to have the full mass, so we are.

We are both LDS, him raised and me converted. We are getting married in the Salt Lake Temple. Religion is the most important thing to the both of us so we wouldn't have it any other way. I like reading about how other people compromise though, it sounds so interesting.

We're both non-religious, so the ceremony will be, too. A family friend of FH will officiate! I'm guessing that FH's grandma might make some religious references at speech time, but nothing during the ceremony.

I grew up sort of Catholic but now am not religious at all. FH is much more religious than me. I didn't realize how much I didn't want to get married in a church until the moment to decide came. I was a little surprised.

Luckily, FH also preferred an outdoor wedding, so we're having a non-religious ceremony and will have a convalidation ceremony in the future so that our marriage will be recognized by the church.

I'm a non-believer and FH is slightly religious. He believes but does not identify with a particular church. I put my foot down about what I wanted - a judge and NO mention of religion whatsoever. Luckily, FH agreed. My first wedding was held in a church and it seriously gave me the creeps.

Church of England, both religious. It's the only way I'd feel married, that goes for FH too.

Neither of us is religious in the slightest, and my family are all atheists. I honestly don't know if my dad would have come if I randomly decided to get married in a church haha. We are having an outdoor ceremony, with our dear (and very gay) old roommate officiating. His mom is a bit religious but FH didn't feel like she would expect anything at our ceremony.

I was raised Catholic and my fiance is not affiliated. I wanted to get married in the Catholic church so I just started asking around. My friend's father is a Deacon and we met up with him one evening and asked questions. He stated that we are able to get married in the church but we have to complete a dispensation form for the Bishop's approval. You also need to submit your Baptismal certificate with the form (but it must be sent from the church you were baptized in and must be a recent copy). It takes several weeks to for approval. I say check with your church and ask around. You don't have to do a full mass, just a ceremony. There are options out there. Also the great thing is that my fiance isn't being forced to convert in order to do a Catholic wedding.