Links

Get a friend to officiate at your wedding or civil union:

If your ceremony will have no legal status, an officiant is optional and anyone can officiate. The following links are for couples who plan to hold legally binding weddings or civil unions.

First read my page, Legally binding weddings: Finding your officiant.

If your friend wants to get ordained, s/he might use a number of organizations. Two of the most popular are:

http://www/ulc.org/

and

http://www.spiritualhumanism.org/

After your friend is ordained, contact your local office that issues marriage licenses or civil union licenses for information on how your friend can obtain permission to officiate at your wedding or civil union.



Find a like-minded officiant:

Unitarian Universalist Association: http://www.uua.org/ A liberal, non-dogmatic religious organization.

Two of the many humanist groups whose officiants perform weddings and similar ceremonies:

American Ethical Union: http://www.aeu.org/

The Humanist Society: http://www.humanist-society.org/



Learn about commitment ceremonies, civil unions, and same-sex weddings:

Alternatives to Marriage Project: http://www.unmarried.org/ Advocates for unmarried people (yes, that includes all of you who aren't legally married). Their website has information for same-sex couples and a page on commitment ceremonies.


Human Rights Campaign: http://www.hrc.org/ "Working for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights." Among other things, their website offers extensive legal information for same-sex couples in the U.S.



Get married at Burning Man:

http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/weddings.html An introduction to getting married on the playa, written primarily by me.



Shop responsibly for your wedding:

Weddings can take quite a toll on the earth and on workers. Don't abandon Mother Earth or your human brothers and sisters when you walk down the aisle.

General shopping and spending:

http://www.felicite.com/partners/OrganicWeddings/index.html/ My computer won't load this site at the moment, but I hope you have better luck: it's stuffed with environmentally friendly wedding products, links to vendors, and ideas.

http://www.michaelbluejay.com/ A variety of consumer and environmental guides. Your might find the guides to cheap airfare, saving electricity, and how to buy a house relevant.

http://www.coopamerica.org/pubs/greenpages/ A directory of socially and environmentally responsible companies.


Jewelry:

Socially and environmentally pristine engagement and wedding rings:

http://www.greenkarat.com/ and http://www.brilliantearth.com/

http://www.amnestyusa.org/diamonds/index.do Learn about conflict diamonds and how to avoid them.

http://www.nodirtygold.org/ The campaign to clean up dirty gold.


If you want to suggest a link, please email me