jackalope
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He is performing a service. The state is already out of the equation after granting the license.
The granting of the is not the end of the road for the state. The filing of the marriage certificate is. And the in between step is where you take your marriage license to someone granted the authority by the state to perform the ceremony. So the state is in it from soup to nuts.