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8 "Unconventional" Category Articles

Love on Wheels: How to Plan a Drive-In Wedding

Love on Wheels: How to Plan a Drive-In Wedding

Drive-in weddings bring cinematic energy to your wedding ceremony! Plan a drive-in ceremony, from finding a location, to the red carpet treatment, to accommodating hard of hearing family & other wedding guests.

Illustration of a handfasting cord tied around two wrists as grooms clasp hands

Plan a Simple Wedding Ceremony With Inspiration from One Couple’s ‘Year and a Day’ Pagan Engagement

Learn the parts of a handfasting wedding and Plan a handfasting ceremony using inspiration from a traditional Pagan ‘year and a day’ engagement.

“I do,” in the Nude: Officiating a Naturist Wedding

“I do,” in the Nude: Officiating a Naturist Wedding

What do officiants wear? It depends… Read how one officiant led a naturist wedding in a nudist community, but stayed true to her own personal wedding style.

Handfasting and Virtual Weddings -- Keeping Traditions Alive in Modern Microweddings

Handfasting and Virtual Weddings -- Keeping Traditions Alive in Modern Microweddings

Lessons from a Seattle couple’s livestreamed handfasting, where not just one but two dads helped officiate the unique virtual event.

Screenshot from a news broadcast showing AMM Minister and wedding officiant Sean Kelly marrying his dad Harold and new step mom Lorrie in an outdoor socially distanced wedding while his grandma watches from inside

Online ordained minister performs heartwarming socially distant wedding ceremony at assisted living center

Online ordained minister performs a socially distant wedding ceremony at nursing home during the Coronavirus pandemic

Ask AMM: "Can I Perform My Own Marriage Ceremony?"

Ask AMM: "Can I Perform My Own Marriage Ceremony?"

Regulations and policies for performing self-uniting or self-solemnizing marriage ceremonies in select states

Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

Follow these simple steps to perform marriage for friends and family.

Proposed New Jersey Amendment to "Authorize Persons Serving Overseas in Military to be Married or Enter into Civil Union by Video Conference or Other Electronic Means”

Proposed New Jersey Amendment to "Authorize Persons Serving Overseas in Military to be Married or Enter into Civil Union by Video Conference or Other Electronic Means”

New Jersey’s marriage by proxy laws will now authorize persons serving overseas in military to be married or enter into civil union by video conference or other electronic means

Photo of men and a woman standing outside posing for the wedding party photo, they are wearing coordinating suits and dress shirts for a wedding

Bridesmen and Groomsmaids: Tips for Planning an Unconventional Wedding Ceremony

More couples are choosing unconventional gender roles for their wedding parties, this article explains the history behind this trend, and gives planning tips.

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