Oh, wait a minute. I forgot about the Texas Common Law marriage. They don't need a license. They just have to claim that they are man and wife in front of other people! Bingo! They are married! And it will take a real divorce to dissolve it. They can just save that $100 and donate it toward materials for more white crosses.
If they did a "common law" marriage sans license, with an "officiator," (i.e., a priest or witchdoctor or whatnot), they and the officiator broke the law.
Tis a crime to officiate a weddings without a license.