Today, the Government has stated its interpretation of the law is that couples are ‘entitled lawfully to have a humanist wedding ceremony (and reception) with up to 15 people present’ and that it ‘intends to revise its guidance accordingly.’

Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented:
‘We very much welcome this statement from the Government and look forward to continuing our work with them to make sure that everyone is treated equally under these frequently changing laws, which we hope in their next iteration will make these issues clearer.’
[humanism.org.uk]

I saw a cartoon about baptism using social distancing. The priest had a water gun and was squirting it at the baby who was being held up by a parent six feet away. Not sure of how many attendees.

Someone ought to get word to Wilde.

Ummmm, there are in the law only religious or civil ceremonies, "humanist" would fall under "civil". And a civil ceremony can include whatever personalization anyone wishes, right?
Do they have to write laws using a Thesaurus? You all got nothing to work on but semantics? How lovely for you!

6 people for a Wedding? At a minimum you need two participants, two witnesses and a celebrant. That leave one other person.

The real problem here is that in England & Wales they do not recognise Humanist weddings as officially legal, whereas in the other UK jurisdictions ie...Scotland & Northern Ireland they do. In England & Wales there has to be a civil ceremony as well as the Humanist one. Northern Ireland had to change the status of Humanist ceremonies after a test case was brought to court on grounds that it breached the equal rights act and discriminated against Humanists. The plaintiffs won their case and N.I. followed Scotland who already recognised Humanist ceremonies as legal.

What’s the distinction between humanist and civil marriage?

One rule for us and another for you..............

It should be noted that Humanists UK did not ask for larger gatherings for their celebrations. They asked for equal treatment.

On the one hand, yes, the law should be equal for all. On the other hand, shouldn't Humanists have the good sense to NOT gather like this?

On the other, other hand, (yes, I appropriated an extra hand!) a Humanist wedding might be more likely to observe precautions, so could safely be even bigger than a church wedding.

I guess it's not enough for religion to be the home of most horrible ideas, now it's the number one Covid super spreader.
Of Course!