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Personal and meaningful

Watch humanist celebrants describing the ways humanist weddings are made personal and meaningful to the couple

Themes

  • Humanists believe that we should not be obliged to follow tradition when marking important events in our lives – we should have the freedom to mark these moments creatively in ways that are personal and meaningful to us
  • Humanists believe there can be value in writing our own personal vows at a wedding
  • Humanists weddings will normally be held somewhere that is personally meaningful to the couple

Question: How free should we be to personalise ceremonies?

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Humanist Lives, with Alice Roberts

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