<Li> The phrase through divine assistance may be replaced by the words with God's help </Li> <Li> The phrase so long as we both on earth shall live may be replaced by the words until it shall please the Lord by death to separate us </Li> <Li> The declaration may be made in Welsh in "places where the Welsh tongue is used" </Li> <P> Whilst couples may add to these, under the Marriage Act 1949, all civil marriage in England and Wales, and marriage by an authorised person (this includes religious marriage not carried out by the Anglican church, Jewish or Society of Friends (Quakers)), must include the following declaration and contracting words: </P>

When was the word obey removed from wedding vows