Joseph, if you reread my two posts, I did not say that the MT of today is not BASED on the MT of the machzor vitri (As you incorrectly paraphrased).I said, I dont necessarily think it is done the same way. That comment is in line with the rest of the discussion here about what the problems may be. Perhaps in the earlier mitzva tenz, they didnt hold hands etc. I dont really know. But its not a forgone conclusion that the way it is practiced by chassidim today is the way it was done way back, thats all. (I am not familiar with how the machzor describes it. Care to enlighten me?)
Cherrybim, are you sure that in previous generations there were no mechitzos by weddings? And was that everywhere?
As a side note, if you read “the world that was”, “all for the boss”, or talk to old timers, it is clear that they feel that the yiddishkeit we practice today looks quite different than it used to in europe in many ways. in some ways we became “frummer”, in other less so.