/Your information isn’t accurate.
I’m not aware of a state that allows clergy to perform “legal” marriages without a marriage license (or marriage certificate, or formal notice, to be recorded by the govt.) required.//
Wow you completely missed the point of RKBA’s post. He never said that. He said that churches can marry you without a license(BTW, you said on this thread that marriage licenses are not necessary to be ‘legally married’ are you now saying they are?) and they can. The example of mixed race marriages is a good one. A church may or may not require legal paperwork in order to perform a marriage BECAUSE MARRIAGE IS A RELIGIOUS RITE, you can be ‘legally married’ without ever having a ceremony (just signing the paperwork and filing).
RKBA is correct, marriage as a sacrament (or religious rite) is separate from the legal entity.
Why are you so wrapped up in what our corrupt government says Marriage is when God says otherwise? Who cares what the government says, I am married because MrR and I made a covenant to each other and to God, regardless of what the state says. The state could invalidate our ‘legal marriage’ tomorrow and it wouldn’t matter because we are still married in the eyes of God. Seriously, you are coming across as putting the government over God.
That is what I said, not what he said.
""I’m not aware of a state that allows clergy to perform “legal” marriages without a marriage license (or marriage certificate, or formal notice, to be recorded by the govt.) required.""
As far as not needing a license or clergy or anyone else, Common law marriage is still legal, as long as it meets the legal requirements, of course if you don't want a legal marriage, then do what you want.