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It's not even played straight in [[Real Life]] these days; the officiant's words and the couple's vows are different for every wedding. Many weddings exclude this line altogether, but it's still legally significant in some jurisdictions—for example, in the Church of England. In the era before faceless government bureaucrats issued marriage licences, it was not uncommon for a minister of religion to read the "banns of marriage", asking if there was any reason why these two should not be married, on consecutive Sundays for several weeks before the ceremony – mostly as a safeguard against one of the spouses already being married to someone else. Legally, this tradition is largely still a valid alternative – although its use may only make sense if both of the pair are known to the local community and neither have been through a prior marriage and divorce.

 

 

See also [[The Graduate Homage Shot]].