Realtors Performing Wedding Ceremonies
By Karen Nichols, Beach Realtor - Ft. Myers
(Premier Florida Realty of SWFL)
In Florida, Realtors are authorized to marry folks. Only joking. I'm also a Notary Public. As a Notary, I'm authorized to perform wedding ceremonies. Since I live by the beach, I receive various requests throughout the year to marry a couple at sunset on the beach, Fort Myers Beach, upon white crystalling sand surrounding by sweet beach cottages and a green hotel. I have a "romantic" ceremony that I created for these occasions. I begin by announcing to the world and sea that we are gathered on the beach to bring together a man and woman to marry. I then recite a poem by Wallace Stevens, not all of it, a part of it. I then make use of the traditional wedding vows and declare the couple to be husband and wife by the authority vested in me by thegreat State of Florida. The portion...
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