1549:
The Vows
The tradition of vows came from
Thomas Cranmer’s Book of
Common Prayer. Although the
book was updated later on, many
of Thomas Cranmer’s words are
still used in religious
ceremonies today.
These vows laid the
foundation for how
the
Roman
Catholic
&
P r o t e s t a n t
churches viewed
straight marriage at
the time as: a
partnership.
Protestantism a dominant
religion.
1563:
Sacramental
Marriage
The Roman Catholic Church
officially declared that straight
marriage was one of the seven
sacraments in this year; meaning
that it was something undertaken
in the presence of god. The other
sacraments are: Baptism,
Confirmation, Holy Communion,
Confession, Ordination and Last
Rites.
The Protestant Church didn’t
see straight marriage as a
sacrament at this time.
For the religious it meant that
they could get married in a
neutral place, if for some reason
they couldn’t get married in their
church. For the nonreligious it
gave them a place void of
religion. Prior to this,
nonreligious straight couples had
to go through a ceremony in a
church and undertake practices &
traditions that they didn’t believe
in.
In 1837 the civil registration of
straight marriages started.
1837:
It’s All About
Straight Love
Between 1837-1901 it was the
Victorian Era. It is
said by contemporary
historians that the
Victorian Era is when
marriage became about
love, but still only the
love between a man and