Sample Vows

Chris and Pat, you have come here today to make legal what you have already been living in your lives and in your hearts: your love for and commitment to one another.
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INSERT PERSONAL VOWS HERE
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Do you, Chris, take Pat to be your lawfully wedded spouse/husband/wife/partner?  (I do)
Do you promise to love, respect, and honor him/her, to support, comfort, and care for him/her, whatever life brings?  (I do)
Will you stand by him/her, grow and change with him/her, and genuinely share your life with
him/her? (I will)
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Do you, Pat, take Chris, to be your lawfully wedded spouse/husband/wife/partner?  (I do)
Do you promise to love, respect, and honor him/her, to support, comfort, and care for him/her, whatever life brings?  (I do)
Will you stand by him/her, grow and change with him/her, and genuinely share your life with him/her? (I will)
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RING EXCHANGE:

Chris and Pat, at this time do you wish to exchange rings as symbols of your love and regard for one another?

Chris, please take Pat's left hand and place the ring upon his/her finger as you repeat after me...I give you this ring... as a symbol of my promise... to love and be with you... for as long as I live.

Pat, please take Chris's left hand and place the ring upon his/her finger as you repeat after me...I give you this ring... as a symbol of my promise... to love and be with you... for as long as I live.
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By the authority vested in me by the laws of the District of Columbia, it is my great honor to pronounce you legally wed.

CONGRATULATIONS!

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