Behind the Headlines

By Stephanie Ariganello; stephaniea@monroenews.com

As I’m writing a story right now about the State of the Communities breakfast - hosted by the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce this morning - I keep thinking back to the conversation that was floating around at the table I chose as I was sitting down.

One of the women was telling a story about a wedding where the mother of the groom objected to the union during the ceremony. First someone asked if she was serious about it. Apparently she was.

Secondly the other women wondered what the marrying pastor/priest did - did he proceed? Surely they must have training for that, someone suggested. He reportedly just continued with the ceremony as though she had not said anything.

But it raised the question - do those doing the marrying still offer the option to object? I didn’t hear the whole thing, but thought she said that it wasn’t offered, that the priest or whoever, never said object now or forever hold your peace. Has this been taken out of the wedding ceremony? Have you ever been to a wedding where someone objected? Who was it, and what did they do?

Where did that come from in the first place?