We
specialize in Gay and Lesbian Commitment Ceremonies.
Commit to the love of your life with
a Commitment Ceremony at some of the most breathtaking locations on earth!
Commitment Ceremonies are a bond of love between two people, gay or straight.
It does not involve any government. There are no legal benefits to having
a Commitment Ceremony. People choose to have Commitment Ceremonies as
a celebration of their love. There are even companies offering Commitment
Ceremony pacakges - so couples can really enjoy their day with all the
details taken care of.
For legal benefits in the United States, same sex couples should check
to see if their city and/or state has any domestic
partnership laws. Vermont residents can have a civil
union. Hawaii residents can use the reciprocal
beneficiaries law. For other countries, please check your local laws.
Domestic Partnership laws can be very confusing, so make sure you fully
understand the laws before entering into any binding contract. And of
course, straight couples can get married.
All Couples Welcome! The International Commitment Ceremonies Registry
(ICCR)
is an official organization that collects and stores searchable records
of Commitment Ceremonies that have been performed all over the world.
The ICCR provides Commitment Ceremonies Registration Services. This service
is used to create a permanent historical record of one the most important
events in a couples life. Many governments do not recognize these unions.
The ICCR was created to recognize all these unions on an international
level. You can have your commitment registered by ordering a commitment
ceremony certificate in the Certificate Center.
"The Meaning of Commitment"
Private love has public consequences. What is it we do at a commitment
ceremony? Something new, perhaps, unique to two persons, although not
really. Any act of love, made public, teaches everyone who witnesses it
a hard lesson each of us must learn over and over. Love desires to be
spoken. Like God, in creation, love endures all things save silence. The
world we shall leave for the next generation will be only as noble, as
good, as we have kept it. Thus it is we memorialize, we commit, we make
public our love. It is our human duty, and our mortal imperative, to respect
love whereever we find it; w must nurture and parent it under whatever
conditions it struggles to exist. Gay and lesbians are surely not alone
in living under fear, threat of social censure, economic disability. Yet
we can make a difference for all those who do. With our voices and examples
of commitment we can speak for the many who do not yet have even the little
voice we have: In a world governed so often by hate and expedience, all
love is an important and moral act. ~ Revd Edward J. Ingebretsen, FCC
