When it comes time to get married, couples are faced with more options than ever before. Some already know what they want to do, but some are stuck between two good ideas. Some may even have several ideas and no idea which way to go.
Everyone knows someone who has been married or has been a member of a wedding party. Weddings have not really changed too much over the centuries. Basic rules and decorum still stand the test of time during the ceremony and reception. People basically know their roles and responsibility during this rite of passage.
My best friend’s daughter is getting married. Her fiancé is in the armed forces so they are trying to plan the wedding in three months so the vows will take place prior to him being deployed.
To hear certain religious conservatives talk about wedding traditions, you would think that they had existed since the beginning of time and never change. They go on about traditional wedding vows, the role of man and woman in marriage, wedding ceremonies, and the like, pretending that it is an unbreakable tradition that reaches back to [...]