My second wedding was a civil ceremony. No mention of any gods or religion.
Also had the word "obey" removed.
A friend timed the whole thing, from start to finsih, at 3 minutes, 52 seconds.
Then we all went on to a 9 1/2 hour reception. To this day, it is still the best
party I've ever been to.

I promise to love, honor, and cherish you until such time as Tom Hiddleston comes to whisk me away.

What we have together is so special that we need to pull the government into the process

Even though this child may not be mine, at least it will be one more tax deduction for us.

Not sure this is Atheist, but I like it:

[davidpbrown.co.uk]

Do you mean looking into their eyes as in deep into their soul? If so, wouldn't that be the opposite of being an atheist?

"i'll love you untill one minute after you stop loving me...I'promise'"

I hope this works better than the other three.

Vous should be as deep as your thoughts and feelings for you want to be as honest as possible.

Honest , accurate communication, affection, stimulation, not perfect, admit errors. problem solve. Could be interesting. Thinking back I may have wiggled away from a couple that thought they had me pinned down. That sanctimonious flim flam that comes with religion somehow gave me cause to catch my sense of reality and escape.

Are you high?

I already done it... I am a songwriter.

I'll love you as long as you can tolerate my shit and I can tolerate yours.

Just kidding.

Ilove you. why would you have a wedding unless it helps you legally or for monitary reasons. you can take your partners name, where a ring, name any children after your partner, have a party anytime and by nature you love and want to live with your partner anyway. why would you want to pay some fool who really doesnt give a shit to tell you that you can be together when you probably are anyway?

I’ll be yours until the end of our marriage. No?

I was not married in a church, my ex is catholic and she has nuns priests etc in her family, my mother is a church elder form a very religious family, so you can imagine how a civil wedding in a garden went down.
I went with Gibran,

Let there be spaces in your togetherness. And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

"We vow to have each others' backs as long as we both shall love."

I've already found out that staying past the end of love and respect is dangerous, especially for the woman.

Depends on the person. That's a toughy.

You made an athiest get married you must be special

Reading these comments put me off marriage even more (didn't know it was possible) many of you don't know when to cut your losses. It's almost masochistic!

Pretty much any vow that leaves out God and biblical rules... focusing on love and karma.

What are you still doing here?

My ex and I had simple vows as we were married by a Justice of the Peace under the big tree in my front yard.

A relaionship works best when a couple is honest and respectful with each other. If I got married, somwhere in there woudl be a promise to always be honest with each other.

I don't like the idea of marriage. Making a commitment today is just that — a commitment for today — not a lifelong commitment; I can't genuinely make a commitment, even for myself, for the future. Each day I'm with someone, I should be making a commitment to her anew, with no impediment to leaving the relationship. I want to know that each day we're together we're chosing to be together, not because staying is easier than leaving but because we value one another and genuinely want to be a part of one anther's life. I never want to question whether she's with me only because it would be a hassle to leave, or to wonder in the back of my own mind what my subconscious motivations are.