Six couples are taking a landmark challenge to the High Court next week in a bid to get legal recognition for humanist weddings in England and Wales. Currently, humanist ceremonies are not ...

Karen Watts & Martin Reijns were the first Scottish couple to have a humanist wedding Scottish couples who chose a humanist wedding are less likely to divorce than those who had other types of ...

The lack of legal recognition for humanist weddings in England and Wales is discriminatory for people who do not want to get married in religious settings, peers have been told. Currently ...

The couple, with the celebrant, have flexibility in deciding on the structure of the wedding and the vows (promises) that are exchanged. A Humanist wedding is an example of a non-religious ceremony.

A Law Commission report in 2022 recommended a ‘comprehensive reform’ of marriage law in England and Wales (Alamy/PA) The lack of legal recognition for humanist weddings in England and Wales is ...

The lack of legal recognition for humanist weddings in England and Wales is discriminatory for people who do not want to get married in religious settings, peers have been told. Currently, humanist ...