A ring.
A ring.
In order to carry out a wedding ceremony, a person must be ordained as a minister, rabbi, priest. A person can also carry out a wedding as a justice of the peace.
In the U.S., the bride and groom must sign a wedding certificate and have a wedding ceremony given by someone who is allowed to marry people (a judge, clergyman, or friend who has received the okay to marry people). The wedding certificate must be signed by a witness and the person who married the bride and groom.
The Bride and Groom must circle the Sri Guru Granth Sahib four times at certain intervals in a Sikh wedding ceremony.
A senior prefect will present his speech on a handing over ceremony must be professional yet light hearted at the same time. It must be kept brief and direct.
The only thing you need to have a wedding for your friends is the marriage license (one or the other of the couple must apply for this) and a Minister (or whatever denomination the couple are) and the wedding can proceed.
Yes. You must have a court order from a judge to get married. You also must schedule it through the chaplain's office at the jail, although they will not perform the ceremony. You can contact a judge or wedding officiant to perform the ceremony at the jail, if approved by the chaplain office.
I am unaware of any requirement that you specifically be a resident of Texas to perform a wedding ceremony in Texas (and in any other state, it would be silly to require the officiant to be a resident of Texas). You must fall into one of several categories of people, but as far as I can tell there is no residency requirement.
The independent wedding planner serves as the person who must bring together all of the required professionals to execute the wedding event. That includes the catering manager, musicians, church/ceremony person, photographers, rentals and more.
A wedding officiant is the person who is legally marrying the couple. The officiant may be affiliated with a particular religion or may be a civil figure (like a justice of the peace.) In either case, the officiant must be authorized to conduct weddings in the state in which the wedding will take place.
In order to be married in accordance with most states in the US, you must speak some kind of vows during your ceremony to be considered married, even if it's just "I take you to be my (spouse)". It's not a matter of want, but a requirement of the ceremony.
A couple who are atheists can be married by the Justice of the Peace' or, they can have a garden wedding without a minister or priest present and have a more spiritually free wedding by someone who performs more hippy style weddings, but, they must have a license to marry a couple.