It depends of course upon what is said at the ceremony, but it seems that what they want to do amounts to entering into a common law marriage. Most states, including Florida, no longer recognize new common law marriages, but some states still can, and I'd be a little concerned that somewhere, some time, someone might claim they are married. Nothing unusual about trying to have it both ways for one's own advantage, but the "system" sometimes reacts in a manner that surprises them.
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