It seems like it should be an article from The Onion. But it isn’t. A spokesperson for the Church of England apparently really has said that the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.K. is the biggest threat the church has faced in its 500-year history.

The irony is unmissable – except apparently if you are a spokesperson for the Church of England.

The article in The Independent on the subject is worth reading to the very end, where a much more historically well-informed Christian perspective is offered.