In March 2002, the Moetzes Gedolai Torah issued a public statement, which decreed that the Vort ceremony be COMPLETELY ELIMINATED, to reduce the cost of getting married.
That decree was published in Jewish Observer magazine, which was the official magazine of the Agudath Israel organization (at that time).
That decree was completely ignored, even by the most “Frum” Jews, and even by people who claimed total loyalty to “Daas Torah”.
Soon after, the decree was completely forgotten by almost-everybody [except me, because my special midah is that I remember things that other people forget.
Many people, both Jews and non-Jews, told me that I have a “photographic memory”].
PS: We “Frum” Jews spend too much on liquor.