This story revolves around the ever controversial matter of gay marriage equality. The church of England have expressed that the plans to insert gay marriage into British law undermines their status as the state religion. The overall feel from the Church of England side is that if the state and the church disagree on such an important matter then it could mean the beginning of the end for a state religion.
Many journalists have focused on the idea that the church is homophobic in its stance, and use quotes from gay rights campaigners to put emphasis on this. This alone is a questionable point as eight years ago the church of England supported the legalization of civil unions. It appears that they are more worried about what it would do to the relationship between state and religion than the actual issue itself.
It poses the question, is society finally outgrowing the need for a state religion?
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