Declaration of Vows
This point in the Ceremony it is customary for the vows to be spoken, although in a Civil Partnership they are optional. The Registrar will offer couples suggested vows, although in most cases it should be possible for the couple to write the vows and on approval from the Registrar use them instead. If couples go down the line of the suggested vows, the Registrar may suggest something along the lines of:
Registrar: ‘Will you solemnly promise that you will always protect this man/woman with your utmost care, that you will honour and cherish him/her in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, and that in all things you will be to him/her a faithful and loving partner.
Response: ‘I will’
Registration
Following the optional vows, the couple and their two witnesses will be asked to sign the Civil Partnership Schedule. This can be accompanied by some music to entertain the guests whilst the formalities take place.
Exchange of the Rings
At this point in the Ceremony, if the couples choose to do so, the rings (or other suitable item of jewellery) are exchanged. The Registrar will prompt you to say something along the lines of:
‘I give you this ring/jewellery as a symbol of my love and of our Civil Partnership today’.
Registrar: ‘As a token of the contract into which you have entered, these rings/this jewellery are/is given and received’.
Once the rings have been exchanged and the vows spoken the Superintendent Registrar will make a short speech including the phrase ‘joined as partners’ before concluding with the words ‘You may now kiss’.
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