That’s what is missing. It implies that there is a difference between performing a wedding and performing a wedding under the laws of the state.
I took it to mean if you are allowed to act as a representative of the state in legal marriage, you aren’t allowed to perform a wedding ceremony and leave the license out. So if a person isn’t qualified in the eyes of the state they can perform all the ceremonies they want, but if a pastor is qualified in the eyes of the state they then can’t have a ceremony without state involvement.
I don’t even know if it is enforced on the state’s end or what. I do know that sometimes pastors refuse to have a ceremony for people who don’t want the state involved for the reason that the state considers it illegal to so.
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