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Can You Get Married Online? 2024-2025 Updates to Know

Get married online from any state with this updated advice for 2024 & 2025! Say YES to a virtual wedding with AMM’s tips for getting married online legally.

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Declaration of Intent vs Vows (When Wedding Wording Counts)

Learn the difference between wedding declaration of intent vs vows, legal requirements you should know, and which comes first in a wedding ceremony!

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Same-Sex Marriage Bans On The Ballot In California & Hawaii

Statewide ballots in California and Hawaii would remove same-sex marriage bans from their state constitutions. (Prop 3 / marriage equality)

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Cold Feet? This Man Will Destroy Your Wedding for You, for a Fee

Cold feet before your wedding? Hire a professional wedding destroyer to object at the wedding and rescue you!

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How Common is Child Marriage in California? A Count is Coming

California child marriage under scrutiny as lawmakers pass a bill to count the total number of underage marriages in the state. (SB-575)

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How Much Does it Cost to Get Ordained Online in Alabama to Perform Weddings?

Get ordained to perform weddings in Alabama! Become an online ordained minister for free with AMM & start your journey as a wedding officiant today!

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5 Meaningful Examples of Christian Wedding Vows

5 Sample wedding vows for a Christian wedding ceremony, with examples of modern & traditional marriage vows. Use as inspiration for writing your own vows!

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Free Wedding Officiant Training: How to Write the Love Story

Learn how to write a love story for weddings with free online wedding officiant training! Including great officiant questions for couples to help you connect.

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Add These Sweet Promises to Your Wedding Vows

Examples of wedding promises to add to your written wedding vows for a personalized and meaningful marriage ceremony. Mix and match your favorite vow examples!

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A Simple Guide to Handfasting Cord Color (Meaning & Magic)

Discover the special meaning behind handfasting cord colors & choose magic color combinations for your handfasting ceremony with this simple guide!

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NBA’s Giannis Antetokounmpo Marries in Super Private Wedding

NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo marries longtime partner Mariah Riddlesprigger in a private wedding in Greece! The 3 day wedding celebration in Costa Navarino has been kept secret from the press.

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Game of Thrones Themed Weddings Come to Vegas

Game of Thrones themed weddings come to the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel! Plus how to plan a fun GOT cosplay wedding or elopement closer to home.

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Asked to Officiate a Wedding?

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

News Articles

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Why K-Pop Star Paul Kim Got Married Without a Wedding

K-Pop Star Paul Kim reveals why he got married in a secret wedding ceremony! Plus tips on how to elope with inspiration from the Korean singer / songwriter

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You’ll Want to Keep an Eye on This Marriage Legislation in 2025

US lawmakers want to overturn same-sex marriage equality, pass new child marriage bans & more ✔ Click to read proposed changes to state marriage laws in 2025

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Cómo McDonald's Está Acorralando la Esquina del Mercado de las Bodas

¿Casarse en McDonald's? ¡Sí! Las parejas jóvenes de todo el mundo están eligiendo una boda McDonald's asequible y sin estrés en lugar de lugares tradicionales.

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Ceremony Planning Articles

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Simple Guide to the Chinese Tea Ceremony Wedding Tradition

Celebrate love & family with a Chinese wedding tea ceremony! Read our blog to learn how to plan, what to wear, where to host & more ✓ Click here!

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5 Puerto Rican Wedding Traditions You’ll Love, On a Budget!

Puerto Rican wedding traditions for a fun, island-style celebration on any budget. ✓ Click here for affordable wedding ideas and start planning now!

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This Wedding Planning Book Uses Numerology for a ‘Marriage by the Numbers’!

Use numerology to plan your wedding day with this unique wedding planning book! Unlock the magic of marriage numerology & set a date: ‘Marriage by the Numbers’

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Religion and Rituals Articles

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.

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So you’ve been asked to officiate a Halloween or Samhain wedding...

Learn how to officiate a Halloween or Samhain wedding and write a custom fall holiday ceremony script.

What is an Interfaith, or Non-Denominational Church?

What is an Interfaith, or Non-Denominational Church?

Find out what an interfaith non-denominational church like American Marriage Ministries believes and how we provide a safe place for all beliefs.

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Community Articles

The Anonymous Officiant: Top Hat & Actual Tails for This Bridal Beagle

The Anonymous Officiant: Top Hat & Actual Tails for This Bridal Beagle

The Anonymous Officiant #6: A sweet story about a bride and her beagle... Plus EXCELLENT advice from an experienced officiant about how and when to include your dog, cat, or another pet in a wedding ceremony -- in this installment of American Marriage Ministries’ new candid column about real weddings and officiants: The Anonymous Officiant.

The Anonymous Officiant: Use Your Gifts

The Anonymous Officiant: Use Your Gifts

The Anonymous Officiant #5 : Sage advice for newlyweds from an experienced wedding officiant! This minister reminds couples to use their wedding gifts after their married, and to treat every day life brings as a gift -- in this installment of American Marriage Ministries’ new candid column about real weddings and officiants: The Anonymous Officiant.

The Anonymous Officiant: “In Sickness… And In Health”

The Anonymous Officiant: “In Sickness… And In Health”

The Anonymous Officiant #4 : This couple put their vows to love each other 'in sickness and in health' to the test before the wedding ceremony was even over! Learn how their experienced officiant kept things moving after the groom's unexpected illness, in this installment of American Marriage Ministries’ new candid column about real weddings and officiants: The Anonymous Officiant.

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