Wedding

A wedding is a ceremony that in some form or another has been independently created on many humanoid homeworlds. It is the act of marrying two or more people depending on culture often for the purpose of religion and/or sexual reproduction.

Weddings in the Federation are usually performed by Federation or Starfleet officials. James T. Kirk officated the wedding of Robert Tomlinson and Angela Martine, though the ceremony was interrupted by a confrontation with a Romulan ship in which Tomlinson was killed. . Jean-Luc Picard married Miles O'Brien and Keiko Ishikawa in 2367. Sisko performed the ceremony for Ensign Hoya, as well as Rom and Leeta's wedding in late 2373. William Ross performed Benjamin Sisko and Kasidy Yates' wedding in 2375. Kathryn Janeway married Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres, as did their demon planet biomimetic copies. 

Alyssa Ogawa revealed to Beverly Crusher, that Andrew Powell asked her to marry him in 2370. 

Jadzia Dax and Worf were married in a Klingon wedding ceremony aboard Deep Space Nine. 

Deanna Troi and William T. Riker were married in Alaska in 2379 according to Human wedding traditions. They would later go to Betazed to experience the traditions of the Betazoid wedding. 

Standard Ferengi marriage contracts last five years, after which spouses may extend the contract if they decide to stay together. 

Tholian weddings involved paying a dowry.

Ceremonies

 * Bajoran wedding
 * Betazoid wedding
 * Human wedding
 * Klingon wedding
 * Vulcan wedding

Background
Both Sisko's and Admiral Ross' wedding dialog were written to pay homage to Kirk's dialog in.

Related links

 * Divorce
 * How to Advance Your Career Through Marriage
 * Subspace radio marriage
 * Arranged marriage

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