Nothing licenses record can’t be done with a simple contract or prenuptial contract.
Churches or others could record each marriage but without government license.
The point is, Governments use licenses as a money maker to oversee marriages. there is no need for them under current law in most state.
Which must be officially recorded by the government in courthouses, so you've just circled around to the same point.
Churches or others could record each marriage but without government license.
True, but churches fail, split, have falling out among members, and may not be the best record keepers.
Governments use licenses as a money maker to oversee marriages...
If governments intend to make money from the nominal fee charged for marriage licenses, keeping them on file and protected in perpetuity, then they are going to go out of business from a crappy business model.
There is no net revenue generated from these fees in the long, or even intermediate, term.