Have you ever been to a wedding where someone objected?

Rubbish. It doesn't need to be asked and I never ask it. If anyone thinks that someone will object, then don't invite them.

If a religious person is insisting that this be asked, I would ask to see the documentation of why. I doubt that they will be able to produce it.

And since when did a random person's objection mean more than your desire to get married? That's just crap.

No, but my roommate in college's grandmother objected because the groom wasn't a Catholic and the wedding wasn't in a church. She was in her 80s.

My officiant asked if we wanted it asked and we did! We thought it was amusing. We had no reason to think anyone would object, and I like the drama of it lol. Then the day of he forgot. I was bummed after when I watched our video and realized he never asked it. I would personally love to see the drama of someone objecting but only if it was like one person was cheating, not because everyone hated the choice.

I have not been privy to that at a wedding...it leaves the guests something else to gossip about...lol...Why are those people even at the wedding? Its not their place and its tacky.

I planned to have the ushers act as bouncers at our wedding because I was fairly certain an ex of mine would show up and object - not that we were planning on having it included in the ceremony.

Here's what I don't get (and why I think this stuff is rare) - if someone truly objects to the marriage, more than likely they've voiced the opinion before. If it hasn't been heard/accepted previously what makes that person think the middle of the service objection will work?

@ Paris...has that changed in the past, oh, 20 years? When I got married the first time back in '88, we had a full Catholic Mass wedding. The priest was required to ask both questions. Didn't think much about it back then...but I was young...and dumb.