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What is a Scientology Wedding Ceremony?

With a great deal of interest on Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes wedding, now that they have announced that Katie is pregnant, questions have come up about what the Scientology wedding ceremony is like.

I found this on the Scientology web site:

Marriages are consecrated in the Scientology religion using one of several different ceremonies offering varying degrees of formality. Each of these ceremonies includes traditional vows of loyalty and devotion.

Scientology wedding ceremonies have considerable meaning to all who attend. For example, a basic concept in the Scientology religion is that reality is created by agreement. The wedding is a gathering of family and friends who, during the ceremony, are asked to give their agreement to the union and its lasting happiness. This is not considered rhetorical or symbolic, but a tangible and important contribution to the future of the couple by the group to which they belong.

A Scientology minister performs Scientology wedding ceremonies. With similar protocol to weddings in other churches, with the bridal procession, the traditional role of the father of the bride and best man, and the traditional seating of the respective families and friends. Above all, however, Scientology weddings are joyous celebrations of the new union.