PERMISSION TO KISS
FOR A WEDDING CEREMONY
(alternate selections)

The Kiss is usually the crowning point of the ceremony. The guests often enjoy it, and it represents the sealing of the promise you have made to each other. 

For each selection in this section, we provide alternatives to match the kind of ceremony you're looking for. For example, within the major categories of Secular and Spiritual, we provide Traditional, Modern, and Romantic selections from which you can choose. Secular selections have no references to God or any specific deities, while Spiritual and Religious selections may mention God, spirituality, specific deities, or some combination of those topics.

These selections can be used in place of the Permission to Kiss in the Classic Ceremonies. Please remember that you can use these selections "as is" or change the wording in whatever way you wish to better suit your ceremony.
PERMISSION TO KISS: EXAMPLES
(SECULAR TRADITIONAL)
1. Congratulations, you may kiss your bride!

(SECULAR TRADITIONAL)
2. _________________, you may kiss your bride!

(SECULAR TRADITIONAL)
3. You may kiss the bride!

(SECULAR MODERN)
4. Congratulations, you may kiss your groom!

(SECULAR MODERN)
5. _________________, you may kiss your groom!

(SECULAR MODERN)
6. You may kiss the groom!

(SECULAR MODERN)
7. Congratulations, you may kiss!

(SECULAR MODERN)
8. Congratulations, you may kiss each other!

(SECULAR MODERN)
9. You may kiss!

(SECULAR MODERN)
10. You may kiss each other!

(SECULAR MODERN)
11. You may kiss one another!

(SECULAR MODERN)
12. __________________, and ___________________, you may now kiss each other for the first time as a married couple!

(SECULAR MODERN)
13. __________________, and ___________________, you may now kiss each other for the first time as husband and wife!

(SECULAR MODERN)
14. [Don't have the Celebrant say anything, just kiss after the Pronouncement of Marriage]

(SECULAR ROMANTIC)
15. You may now seal your marriage with a kiss!

(SECULAR ROMANTIC)
16. _________________, and ____________________, you may now seal your marriage with a kiss!

(SPIRITUAL ROMANTIC)
17. You may now seal your sacred marriage with a kiss!

(SPIRITUAL ROMANTIC)
18. _________________, and ____________________, you may now seal your sacred marriage with a kiss!