1.   As industrialization and other forces gradually led to a more lavish and ritualized ceremonial life, marriage rites reflected the change.

2.   In that case, they say, he mistakenly read a distinct prayer from a heterosexual marriage rite as part of a same-sex bonding ritual.

3.   Should this time-honored common law now be extended to parents and their children, to brothers and sisters, to gay couples denied marriage rites?

4.   The service was the standard marriage rite from the Book of Common Prayer with the traditional three hymns and three anthems.