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Friar Lawrence has already married Juliet to Romeo and knows that she would be committing bigamy if she married Paris, which would be a crime. He also knows that Juliet does not want to marry Paris and is being forced into the marriage, which is also a crime.

However he does not want to have to admit that he has already married her to someone other than Paris, since it would bring the wrath of Capulet down on him.

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12y ago

It was because he has already secretly married her to Romeo.
Friar Laurence is reluctant to marry Paris and Juliet because he has already married her to Romeo. Though Paris does not know this yet, Friar Laurence and the audience does.

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14y ago

He says in some context that sweet pleasures and desires have bitter endings, and also comments that Romeo loves Juliet for her looks, not her iner-beauty. He decides to have them marry though in hope that the family feud will end.

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8y ago

The friar is reluctant to marry Paris and Juliet because Juliet is already married to Romeo and it is against the friar's virtues to marry her to another man.

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13y ago

Because he already knows that Juliet is married to Romeo.

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9y ago

Friar Lawrence is reluctant to marry Paris and Juliet because he had already married Juliet to Romeo. Romeo was still alive and they would therefore be committing bigamy.

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14y ago

She was too young (13) and he was afraid that if Paris impregnated her, she would die during child birth.

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10y ago

Lord Capulet wants to wait until she is older as he considers her to be too young. Also he wants to check whether Juliet will actually love Paris.

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6y ago

Because he assumes (as everyone else does) that their parents would not approve.

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