Getting married with a Humanist Wedding.
What is it, why choose it, and what happens during one?
One of the most important things to decide early on during the early stages of wedding planning is what kind of ceremony you want to have. Humanist weddings are beautiful and highly tailored ceremonies; they are not religious, so they can be less traditional (if you choose to), and can add a ton of personality to your special day. If you are loosely religious, or not at all, but either way you prefer not having religion as the main focus of your special event — but without sacrificing the significance of the ritual —, you may be interested in finding a bit more about tying the knot with a Humanist wedding.
First of all, what is Humanism?
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (taken from Humanists UK), defines it as:
An appeal to reason in contrast to revelation or religious authority as a means of finding out about the natural world and destiny of man, and also giving a grounding for morality…Humanist ethics is also distinguished by placing the end of moral action in the welfare of humanity rather than in fulfilling the will of God.
So pretty much everyone — albeit without knowing it —, is a Humanist. Ok, the main fundamental difference is believing or not in God…
