Seriously, how do the "I do, etc..." vows read at a gay wedding?

Pretty standard, kind of, from what I know. When I was in this "mock gay wedding," everything went just like a regular wedding. The minister started with the "Dearly beloved" stuff. Then there was the "intent" part. She asked me first for what reason I'd come there or something like that, and I had to answer, "To be wed to my groom." Then she asked, "And do you come here freely and without reservation?" and I answered, "I do." Then she asked my groom the same. When it came time to recite the wedding vows, we had to face eachother and join hands, and it went basically like this: "I, (insert name here), wed you, (insert name here), as my groom, to have and to hold from this day forward, forsaking all others. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, in richness and in poorness, to love you, to honor you, and to cherish you until death does us part." Then there was the exchange of wedding rings, with the "With this ring, I thee wed." Then more talking by the minister before she pronounced us "wed as groom and groom." Then the good part, "You may now kiss your groom." Pretty standard except that instead of a bride and groom, we were two grooms in our suits and bow ties nervous as hell through the whole thing.

Pretty much the same as they do in a straight wedding. Love, honor, cherish, as long as you both shall live. It's the union of two people that love each other, right? So not much would change, except that they obviously just ask if they take this man to be their lawful wedded husband twice.

probably the same. People want equality so I'm sure its not much diffrent.

By the way, are you planning a gay wedding? Like I said, I was IN a "mock gay wedding" not too long ago. Felt about as real as it gets!

I'm thinking "of course you big silly"

I think most modern weddings now dont do the whole I do thing. They exchange vows that they write that are personal to the partner. I prefer that anyway. The whole "I do" think is so formal and impersonal sounding.

It works the same way as most straight weddings... the couple decides what they want to read as their vows. No two are the same.

Most straight weddings I've attended have dispensed with "traditional" vows... particularly due to the "obey" part...