It makes no difference whether the Church of England falls or not, in fact if the
churches are preaching a false gospel then I would rather they fail!
There are plenty of other true bible teaching denominations in the Uk.
Ive never been pastored by a Church of England church and I'm a born again Christian.
As far as gay weddings go, the current legislations allows churches to opt out in the UK.
Only the Church of England decided to opt in! Probably because a lot of the priests are
gay. As I say it's far better that a church fails when it's leading people astray.
I would add that I do know of two evangelical Church of England churches which are
pretty much independent and do not follow the crowd. Let's have more of them I say.
http://www.christian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ssm-legal-guide.pdf
See page 8 of the above link.
Do churches have to conductsame-sex No. The legislation to create same-sex
marriage was explicitly drafted so thatno church or church
minister can be compelled “by any means” to carry out a same-sex wedding.
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act contains the Government’s ‘quadlock’, a set of four
safeguards for churches and ministers who disagree withsame-sex marriage: