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While it may come as a surprise to many, it turns out the whole, “If anyone can show just cause why this couple cannot lawfully be joined together in matrimony, let them speak now or forever hold their peace” is actually a required part of the ceremony among certain church groups unless special dispensation is made in those cases. So what happens if someone actually objects and where did this part of the ceremony come from?
Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2019/05/what-happens-when-someone-does-object-during-a-wedding-and-where-did-this-practice-come-from/
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/24/church-of-england-could-scrap-reading-of-marriage-banns
https://theconversation.com/reading-of-the-banns-how-the-church-tried-to-perfect-the-institution-of-marriage-51411
https://www.yourchurchwedding.org/article/reading-of-banns/
https://www.brides.com/story/skip-speak-now-or-forever-hold-your-peace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consanguinity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_(canon_law)
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/lateran4.asp
https://www.livescience.com/22193-wedding-marriage-objection.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02255a.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banns_of_marriage
