Secular marriages are now the most favorite in Scotland,prompting fresh calls for reform in England and WalesRobyn Hewatt and Andrew Downie were married with all the trappings of a traditional Scottish wedding: Hewatt’s father walked her down the aisle; she had maids of honour and Downie had a best man. A piper played at the door.
But there was no priest, minister or registrar to lead the ceremony. Like thousands of Scots, and Hewatt and Downie were legally married by a humanist celebrant. For the first time last year,in what was once a famously devout country, the Humanist Society of Scotland married more people than the Church of Scotland.
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Source: theguardian.com