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Seas the Day

Legal Ceremony

The legal ceremony requirements for the state of California are the Declaration of Intent and the Pronouncement.

Welcome:

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Welcome! We are gathered here today to join the lives of (1) and (2) in marriage.

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Declaration of Intent:

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So I ask: Do you, (1), take (2) to be your husband/wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him/her for as long as you both shall live?

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(1): “I do.”

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Do you, (2), take (1) to be your husband/wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him/her for as long as you both shall live?
    
 (2): “I do.”

Pronouncement:

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By the authority vested in me by the American Marriage Ministries and the State of California, it is my honor to now pronounce you husband and wife/married.

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You may kiss the bride/You may kiss the groom/You may seal this moment with a kiss!
 

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