Objective Reality.
2. The state is a party to all LEGAL contracts.
Again, you're the master of the obvious. The question isn't whether the state inserts itself into contracts, but whether it SHOULD. (i.e., whether it does so morally)
Mine is a legal marriage... I don't know about yours.
Would your marriage be any less real before God, if you failed to seek the permission of the state first?
Again I ask... Who is the state to demand that you seek it's permission before entering into the contract of marriage?
Is this the way free men behave?