OPTION 2

Before you are joined in marriage in my presence and in the presence of these witnesses, I am to remind you of the solemn and binding nature of the relationship into which you are now about to enter. Marriage, according to law in Australia, is the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life. As you both stand beside the ocean tide, may your love always be as constant and unchanging as these never-ending waves that pour beneath your feet, flowing endlessly from the depths of the sea. Love came softly upon your hearts, just as the foam comes softly upon the sand, and just as there will never be a morning without the ocean’s flow, so there will never be a day without love for each other. Your love will be as unchanging and dependable as the tide; as these waters nourish the earth and sustain life, may constant devotion to each other nourish and sustain you both until the end of time._groomname_ please repeat after me I call upon the persons here present to witness that I, _groomfullname_ take, _bridefullname_ to be my lawful wedded wife. _bridename_ please repeat after me. I call upon the persons here present to witness that I, _bridefullname_ take, _groomfullname_ , to be my lawful wedded husband.