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SHANE
& ANDREA: “Yes.” <PAUL
PRESENTS RINGS TO ED> ED: “I consecrate these rings as sacred witnesses of your oaths
to one another today.” <ED
GIVES RING TO EACH ONE. >
SHANE: “Today I declare you to be my wife. I swear upon my honor to walk with you upon the path of
enlightenment, to pass through fire and water with you, to kill and to die for
you, always doing so for the benefit of all beings. I promise to laugh with you in freedom, live with you in joy,
rest with you in peace, labor with you in love, and weave a tapestry of family.
This ring represents my oath to you. Take
it now and let it be a reminder to us of our promises to one another, not as the
bondage of ownership, but as the promise of an oath freely given.”
ANDREA: “Today I declare you to be my husband. I swear upon my
honor to walk with you upon the path of enlightenment, to pass through fire and
water with you, to heal and to live for you, always doing so for the benefit of
all beings. I promise to laugh with
you in freedom, live with you in joy, rest with you in peace, labor with you in
love, and weave a tapestry of family. This ring represents my oath to you.
Take it now and let it be a reminder to us of our promises to one
another, not as the bondage of ownership, but as the promise of an oath freely
given.”
<ED
SOUNDS BELLS 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5> <AUDIENCE
RINGS BELLS> ED: “The covenant you have made with one another today is a
sacred promise. Guard it jealously.
Now, as an expression of the word and a child of the universe, using the
power that has been granted to me by the State of Louisiana and The Parish of
Jefferson, I say you are married. You may now seal your covenant with a kiss.”
<ED
SOUNDS BELLS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6> <AUDIENCE
RINGS BELLS>
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