The Church Of England's sole raison d'etre was the legislation of divorce. Without that, it would not exist. It does seem odd that a religious establishment is founded on such a principle. But anyway. It therefore is not really in the best position to pontificate on marriage, gay or otherwise. Now it has been in existence a long time, but how it came to be is not in dispute, and is well known anyway. Yet this fact is never mentioned in relation to this issue, but it really ought to.
A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE : IT DOES NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS OPEN