system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: what happens when someone objects to a marrige when the priest asks if anyone objects to the marrige and should speak now or forever hold your peace?
gpt
Despite popular conception, the purpose of this part of the ceremony is **not** for some lost forsaken boyfriend to yell out "I disapprove!" all romantic-like, and embarass himself and have to be escorted out by security.

The purpose of this is to find out if there was any previously-undisclosed reason why the marriage would be **illegal**. Like if it turns out the two people are actually cousins (depending on state), or if one of them is already married and not totally divorced, or if one of them is under-age or something. In the past there were a larger number of legal objections: Virginity, sterility, etc. Some religions also have additional barriers, e.g. by tradition Catholics are not allowed to remarry after divorce, nor can they marry someone who was previously divorced (even if the other person is not Catholic) (but annulment is not divorce (but only religious annulment, not civil annulment)).

But of course, no one actually follows the rules anymore, so it's just your drunk asshole uncle telling you that bitch doesn't deserve you, and he may even be right but that's not technically against the law.