Donald Wayne Craig

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Dalton James Craig and James Daniel Sowards in the spiritual union of marriage.

This contract is not to be entered into lightly but thoughtfully and seriously, and with a deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities, to each other. Always remember when times get tough and they will, that love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring marriage. When Dalton came out to his mother and I, our only concern for him was, our son is going to struggle to find love in small town Bluffton Indiana. Our love and admiration for him didn’t change one bit, but again how was he to find someone that loves and cherishes him the way his mother and I do. Then he brings this boy home who was just way too quiet to keep up with our talks a lot son (yes mom and dad I said quiet) but then we get to know him and love him and behind all that chatter I see a young man that loves my son, and I couldn’t imagine our lives not having James in it. Which is why I’m so blessed to be standing here today with the honor to officiate this wedding.

So with all that said,

Do you Dalton James Craig take this man James Daniel Sowards to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and in not such good times, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you James Daniel Sowards take this man Dalton James Craig to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and in not such good times, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Dalton James Craig and James Daniel Sowards will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of Indiana I now pronounce you husband and husband!