Was my dad wrong for not putting his phone in the phone bowl?

Okay so this happened a while ago but just came up in the family group chat so I want to know what everyone thinks.


At my cousins wedding, they had a phone bowl for during the ceremony. 20 min before the ceremony, the MOH came around and told each of us that we had to put our phone in the phone bowl for the ceremony. I did it because I'm just one of those people who goes with things, but my dad refused. The MOH told the MOB, who came over to press my dad, but he wouldn't budge. Eventually my dad said he would leave if this was really a requirement, so they dropped it.
I asked my dad why he didn't want to give it and he said he was an adult and it was his phone, he would respect the request not to take pictures but he wouldn't give it away. He also said he has his phone for a reason because 3 of his children weren't at the wedding and he would not ever miss a call from a child.
Well turns out my aunt is still mad about this. She resents that my dad "made a scene" and couldn't give up his phone for a half hour. She said he acted like he was too good for the rules.
I can kind of see both sides. It's not a long time to give up your phone to make someone happy. But also my dad seriously does pick up every call from his wife and kids-- he used to be in a higher ranking government job (was retired by wedding) and he answered calls with me during meetings with heads of state.
(Also fwiw I don't think my dad made a scene. He never raised his voice or used bad language. But people did notice what was happening because it was in the middle of the aisle)
What do you guys think? Who was wrong, if anyone?