Does this have any anchor in reality? At first I thought it was a variation on “If there’s anybody here who knows of any reason…”, but all that takes is one.
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“All it takes is one” for some people. Others might be willing to overlook some people and/or some objections.
My understanding is an objection doesn’t stop a wedding. It’s just the last chance to have your objections considered. Afterwards they are married in the sight of God and your objections are no more useful or valid than objecting about the shape of the mountains.
Doesn’t help the joke. Whether a wedding occurs or doesn’t has nothing to do with a vote count. Is the guy trying to to get out of it? He doesn’t need a vote.
I’m pretty sure the actual purpose is to give somebody a chance to say “He can’t get married because he’s already married to me.”
Not so Dustin Hoffman can scream ELAINE!!!
Hmmm…. I always assumed it was so Dustin Hoffman can scream “Elaine!”
If it turns out he is already married that will nullify the marriage even after the wedding and there is utterly no reason anyone should hold their peace.
” Whether a wedding occurs or doesn’t has nothing to do with a vote count.”
Not so fast, there. Whether a wedding takes place depends on the intent of the persons being wed, and they are free to use any method they choose to decide whether to go or no go. A vote count isn’t USUALLY part of the proceedings, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be.
“I’m pretty sure the actual purpose is to give somebody a chance to say ‘He can’t get married because he’s already married to me.’”
Sure. But just because somebody says that doesn’t mean you have to actually abort the ceremony. Maybe you believe the claim, maybe you don’t. Legally, the “second” marriage is void if one of the purported spouses to be is already within the bounds of matrimony. Religiously, it depends on the church. Some don’t care because people are allowed multiple spouses, some have different procedures for resolving claims of objectors.
The funny part is that even in ceremonies that still allow would-be objectors a chance to speak, the usual number of objections is one or zero… but if there were multiple objections, the groom-to-be might want to poll the audience, or use his phone-a-friend lifeline before settling on his final answer.
I never said it WOULD automatically abort the ceremony.
Though of course it might make the pastor stop to ask a question or two.
In any case, that’s what it’s there for.
A tale of “I object”:
This has only a tangential basis in reality. Namely, that input is taken from those attending the ceremony as to whether the marriage should happen. As comedy is want to do, the artist has taken this to an extreme to create what some call a comedic situation. If you are looking for purely reality based situations in the comics, I might suggest you will be disappointed and left scratching your head much of the time.
I didn’t think this had anything to do with “Does anyone object?”
He’s gotten cold feet, and is hoping to outsource the decision not to get married. So far, it isn’t working.
“He’s gotten cold feet, and is hoping to outsource the decision not to get married. So far, it isn’t working.”
Now we are just back to …. why is that a joke?
I’m wondering if it’s related to the political race recounts a few months ago.
@Grawlix: That was my assumption also. And I keep trying to think of a way to make a “well, he lost in this church, but still might pull it out in the Electoral College” joke, and keep thinking better of doing so.
Er, whoops. . . .
You’re really not supposed to object at the wedding. You’re supposed to straighten it out beforehand. If you’re already married to one of the parties you should put a stop to the wedding as soon as possible, before the caterers and decorators do their work. Yes, it happens in plays and movies, but so does that thing where in a murder trial someone in the gallery stands up and shouts “He’s innocent. I can’t handle the guilt any more. I’m the one who killed Mr. Brentwood.”
When someone DOES ruin a wedding by speaking up, what happens afterwards? Does everyone still go to the reception or does everyone just go home?
I’ve been to many weddings of various levels of formality in my life. None ever had the “does anyone object?” part.
There are Catholic parishes that still maintain the custom of “posting the banns”, typically in the three weekly (or monthly) parish newsletters preceding the wedding. This was supposed to give extra time for verification, and dates back to when there was no quick way to check the marital status of the participants.
“La publication des bans” is required by law, in France, i.e. even for non-religious weddings (after the revolution, the republic kept it to avoid clandestine weddings).
We imposed it on Belgium in 1796 but it was abolished there in 2000.
” so does that thing where in a murder trial someone in the gallery stands up and shouts “He’s innocent. I can’t handle the guilt any more. I’m the one who killed Mr. Brentwood.””
That doesn’t happen any more. Mr. Mason retired.
What about when a CIDU poster stands up and shouts “I can’t handle the guilt any more! I’m the one who killed off HENRY and HAZEL!”
(I mean, after the round of applause dies down.)
If you look for “Perry Mason fanfiction” you will find out whether Perry Mason has retired or not, but you will also find out more about his sex life than you ever wanted to know.
But did any of those 78 show just cause?
In this case I thought they took a vote as to whether they should get married.
I am guessing that if we had taken a vote of those at our wedding – it would have ended up being NOOOOOOO when we got married.