Bride & groom outdoors embracing while looking at the camera

Real wedding: First love

First love, everlasting love If you can survive as a couple through those late teenage years – those years of self-growth and discovery – and you come through the other end still wanting to be together, then the likelihood is…

Real wedding: First love
A celebrant conducting an outdoor ceremony with a couple

Wedding poems and readings

Here’s a small selection of some of the most popular poems and readings right now, being recited by some Humanist Society Scotland celebrants. Enjoy!

Wedding poems and readings
A wedding guest reading poetry during a wedding ceremony

Poems and readings

Like every aspect of your ceremony other than the legal bits, including poems or readings is not compulsory. However, they can be a great way to: What to choose Choose what you feel would hold the most importance for you…

Poems and readings
Couple embracing in front of a fountain

Civil partnership

There are no significant differences between the rights and obligations of a marriage and those of a civil partnership. Civil partnerships are formed by signing a civil partnership document, whereas marriages are formed by making legal declarations.  Some people are…

Civil partnership