102 "Wedding News" Category Articles Page 5

An Indian couple booked a passenger jet to host a 160 person wedding midair, defying local COVID restrictions. The SpiceJet flight crew, couple, and guests all face repercussions. Plus: couples get creative amid a wedding venue shortage! Ideas and inspiration for your wedding.

Israeli couples married through Utah County’s online marriage portal face legal challenges at home, as Israel’s Interior Ministry bans virtual weddings in addition to civil ceremonies for LGBTQ+ couples, immigrants, Jewish converts, and others.

Ariana Grande married Dalton Gomez in a private, tiny wedding ceremony at her home in California this weekend, showing us that micro-weddings and elopements can be the perfect match for big love, and couples who want to stretch their budget.

The CDC just relaxed the guidelines for mask wearing and social distancing for those who are fully vaccinated -- just in time for spring and summer weddings and receptions!

Brood X is here! What wedding planners, officiants, couples, and wedding guests need to know about the arrival of these periodic cicadas at May and June 2021 weddings.

Saddleback Church ordains three women, defying a Southern Baptist Convention ban against female pastors, creating tension within SBC.

A NY bride is selling a discount Brooklyn wedding on TikTok after she and her husband eloped in a small, intimate ceremony with family and friends in Massachusetts.

Chicago and Cook County announce new capacity guidelines for weddings and private events during COVID, information for engaged couples, officiants, and other vendors.

A new executive order in DC bans dancing at indoor and outdoor wedding receptions, while raising capacity and loosening other COVID-19 related restrictions at private events and venues.

A South Florida couple tried to have their wedding ceremony at a stranger's mansion estate without permission, leading to disaster when authorities were called to the fantasy venue to keep them from trespassing.

Two platonic best friends get married in an 'anti-establishment' unconventional marriage to build a life together.

A Baltimore bride decided to wear her wedding reception dress to get her COVID-19 vaccine at the M&T Bank Stadium Mass Vaccination Site.

Proposed legislation pending in the Missouri House could replace marriage licenses with contracts of domestic union, and eliminate the need for a wedding ceremony to be solemnized by a clergy member, minister, or officiant. Missouri House Bill No. 1282, MO HB 1282, 2021

Wedding venues in North Carolina and Ohio refused service to same-sex couples. We look at current protections for first amendment rights and religion, LGBTQ+ individuals, and how the law might change if The Equality Act passes.

Hawaii is considering a civil license to solemnize marriage, available to all adults over the age of 18 who wish to perform weddings, but aren't affiliated with or ordained by a religious denomination or society. Hawaii Senate Bill No 157, HI HB 157