| The bill would not force clergy opposed to same-sex marriage to solemnize the vows. |
| Ministers of religion who solemnize marriages do not do so merely as instruments of the state. |
| Knowing that he is not authorized by the laws of this state to do so, he performs a marriage ceremony or presumes to solemnize a marriage. |
| Sikhs, on the other hand, do not give or take dowries, and they solemnize their marriages before the Granth, their sacred book. |
| I look forward to the day when he and I find each other, fall in love, and solemnize our relationship by exchanging Kiss Monitors™. |
| Although a rabbi was not needed to solemnize marriages, the rabbis suggest that their presence at weddings was desirable. |
