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It's never bothered me. I also live in an area where few guests bring anything other than point-and-shoots to a wedding, so I've never had any issues. And it's fun to chat with enthusiasts about the gear - they get all giddy about it (kind of like some of the gearheads on this forum).
I honestly have never had a bad experience with guests, so it's tough to say. I have an example of how not to act, though: I was a guest at a wedding where I brought my gear - the photographer was only hired for family formals and a short portion of the reception. So I shot the girls before he got there, and tried out a new lens from my middle-of-the-pew location, and didn't take any more shots until after he left. I hope I didn't get in his way, and I talked with him before and made it clear that I wanted to try out a lens that day and was going to make sure I wasn't in the way (and they could smack me if I was).There was another guest, however, who managed to get in the pro photographers way nearly all night - he would step in the line of site, be in the worst locations lean into every place, etc. Just don't be that person and you should be fine. It's the difference between being an uncle bob and being a guest with a camera.
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That was the funniest thing I have ever read!