Vows

Amanda Pekoe and Christopher Lueck

By LINDA MARX

Barbara Fernandez for The New York Times

Amanda Pekoe and Christopher Lueck, a professional clown, watch while others juggle.

They were married exactly 11 years after their first date, and the bride serenaded the bridegroom at the reception with Stephen Sondheim’s “Sooner or Later.”

Alelia Trivers and Patrick Doctor

A guidance counselor and a welder marry in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

Barbara Hirschman and Krisda Chaiyachati

The couple were married Saturday at the First United Presbyterian Church in Winterset, Iowa.

Elana Osterland and Jared Kaplan

The bride is an assistant manager of international public relations at Coach in New York and the bridegroom is a vice president at Accretive, a private investment firm.

Kimberly Tully and Clinton Cody

By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI

The couple have eight tours of duty in Iraq between them; the bridegroom has deployed to Afghanistan four times.

Becky Coviello and Chris Lee Price

A human resources administrator and gymnastics instructor marries an Air Force staff sergeant who has served three tours in Iraq and is to begin a tour in Afghanistan this fall.

Merrell Smith and Jonathan Daly

The bride is a makeup artist; the bridegroom is a food and beverage manager.

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Pat Dwyer, left, and Stephen Mosher after exchanging vows in front of the Supreme Court.

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A gay couple traveled from their Manhattan home to exchange wedding vows in every state and jurisdiction that allows same-sex marriage — and one that does not.

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Requesting the Royal Treatment

By JOANNE KAUFMAN

Call it finding inspiration, but since the royal vows were exchanged on April 29, wedding planners have reported requests from many clients to make their ceremonies a little more regal.