Now we see where appeasement of the left always leads..... govt forced belief systems. Clergy arrested for disobeying govt mandated doctrine. The public yawns and changes the channel.
But, in a way it's deserved. After all, the main churches never said "boo" when the govt was going after the smaller "oddball" sects that were prevalent in the 70's. They turned a blind eye to govt interference with religions when they thought that the govt just was after non-mainstream religions. Now the crows have come home to roost. How shortsighted to not resist govt interference in religion... even if it was the moonies.
Anglicanism is a state religion. That's how it was formed: the king is the head of the church. So the government can dictate beliefs (like acceptance of divorce, for example, or the taking of catholic properties)