Objecting to the Coalition’s proposal to permit gay marriages, the Church of England has warned that the ecclesiastical authority will stop conducting weddings on behalf of the state if same-sex marriage is legalised. The church said government plans to introduce same-sex marriage would lead to an anomalous clash between its own and parliament’s law - that marriage is between a man and a woman. Claiming that government’s proposed reforms to allow gay marriages are not legally sound, the Church of England…