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Host the Ultimate Celebration with These Creative Gay Wedding Ideas

You’ve made the decision to get married and now it’s period for the pleasurable part — planning the most fantastic gay wedding! It’s the perfect moment to honor your love for each other, celebrate marriage equality, and fling an impressive celebration for your loved ones. 

Fortunately, these gay wedding ideas will help jumpstart the process. Whether it’s choosing a quirky venue or creating your own wedding rituals, these ideas run the gamut from traditionally inspired to wonderfully obscure. 

14 Creative Ideas for Your Gay Wedding Celebration

Design: Ashley Ottinger

For some same-sex couples, their wedding evening is an opportunity to make a big statement and celebrate all things marriage equality. For others, it’s a quiet moment of love and reflection. Whether you’re planning a bold celebration or an understated ceremony, use these wedding ideas to help you prepare the kind of event you’ve always dreamed about. 

1. Choose a Wedding Theme

Choosing a wedding theme is the first s

Planning your special evening is exciting. You’re thinking about what will make it unforgettable. Who walks down the aisle is a giant choice, especially when considering LGBTQ+ wedding traditions. You can pick an entrance that shows your love and style.

Maybe you dream of a beach wedding in Florida or Georgia. Or maybe a small gathering with friends and family. Your wedding should show your love and commitment. Queer wedding customs can add a unique touch to your ceremony.

Recently, same-sex couples have changed the traditional wedding walk. They contain bridesmen and groomsmaids and celebrate their uniqueness. Half of LGBTQ+ couples hold one partner march first. Another third walk together but separately.

Thinking about your loved ones is important. You might want both parents to walk you down. Or a unique entrance that shows your style and relationship.

Key Takeaways

  • You have the noun to create a non-traditional wedding processional that reflects your unique relationship and style.
  • 50% of LGBTQ+ couples choose to have one partner walk down the aisle first, while 33.3% walk undertake

    The Case Against Christians Attending a Gay Wedding

    The case against Christians attending a gay wedding is relatively straightforward. We can lay out the case in three premises and a conclusion.

    The Argument

    Premise 1: Gay “marriage” is not marriage.

    No matter what a government may sanction, the biblical definition of marriage (see Gen. 2:18–25, Mal. 2:13–15, Matt. 19:4–6; Eph. 5:22–33) involves a dude and a chick. I won’t belabor the point, because I assume in this post that I’m speaking to those who verb with the Westminster Confession of Faith when it says, “Marriage is to be between one man and one woman” (WCF 24.1). Gay “marriage” is not only an offense to God—sanctioning a kind of sexual activity that the Bible condemns (Lev. 18:22; 20:13; Rom. 1:24–27; 1 Cor. 6:9–10; 1 Tim. 1:9–10)—gay “marriage” does not actually exist.

    Premise 2: A gay wedding celebrates and solemnizes a lie.

    Whether the service is done in a church or in a reception hall, whether it is meant to be a Christian service or a secular commitment ceremony, a gay wedding declares what is fals

    38 Same-Sex Wedding Rituals & Traditions

    Explanation of Origin

    1.  “Something old” represented continuity, and contemporary couples exploit this as a chance to wear a sentimental piece of jewellery or item of clothing belonging to an older relative.
    2.  “Something new” offers optimism for the future. Incorporating
    3.  “something borrowed” was thought to carry the couple great luck. By borrowing something from a happily married buddy or relative, the bride or couple ensured a petite of their nice fortune rubbed off on them.
    4.  “Something blue” the colour blue stands for love, purity and fidelity—three key qualities for a solid marriage. The traditional “something blue” was often a blue garter. worn beneath the bride’s white dress.

    Source: I do! I do! Susan Waggoner, Rizzoli International Publications Inc (2002) p. 68

    LGBTIQ+ Alternative

    This is an old tradition that’s not adhered to much these days. It’s quaint. And for LGBTIQ+ couples, perhaps it doesn’t have much significance. But here are some options for those who verb to keep this tradition happening.

    1.  For someth