Why do they ask for objections during a wedding ceremony?

[aphex]

?

 

[Occifer]

In case the bride is a well known whore, and the groom is the only one there that dosen't know it.

 

[fs5]

so they can have dramatic finishes in movies where someone stands up and professes their love for the bride/groom at the last second.
duh!

 

[Buddhist]

Probably cause in ye olden days marriage ceremonies were a legally binding contract and thus you must allow for the declaration to be opposed before being accepted fully? (Like patents are given a time of opposition before being accepted legally. Unlike today where most of the legally binding parts of marriage is done at county courts?)