"But come, young waverer, come, go with me, In one respect I'll thy assistant be, For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households' rancor to pure love. (II.iii.89-92)" This was a political move for the Friar and had nothing to do about Romeo and Juliet's well being. The main issue about the marriage of Romeo and Juliet was the disregard that the Friar had towards his defiance with respect to Juliet's parents, mainly her father. Juliet's father believed that she would obey his every word no matter what: "I think she will be ruled.
In all respects by me. Nay, more, I doubt it not.- Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed.(III.iv.20)" Juliet would have been considered to be property of her father, so disobedience towards that relationship was seen as a crime against their religion. Friar Lawrence was a Holy Pope who claimed to believe and respect his religion, yet he was willing to go against the wishes of Lord Capulet and his church in order to marry Romeo and Juliet. In addition, a more central point was that, by marrying these two, the Friar gave Romeo and Juliet false hope for their relationship. Only a handful of people knew about their "undying" love for each other, and even less agreed it was a good idea. By successfully convincing the Friar to wed them, the possibility of Romeo and Juliet ending up happily married became more attainable. After the Friar had assisted the couple, they began to place more of their trust in him.
The Friar, a member of a group of wise and generous priests, was trusted completely by Romeo and Juliet, and they turned to him for advice and a solution to their problem. The couple believed that the solution was a marriage: "but this I pray: That thou consent to marry us today. (II.iii.63-64)" however, their problem's grew larger. Due to the fact that the Capulet family had no idea of Juliet's marriage to Romeo, her father had a marriage arranged to the County Paris for his daughter.
