That BBC link is very good (here it is again again, because it shows that there is debate among Christians about how we interpret the Bible.
There are many, many gay clergy in the Church of England, many of them living with their partners in civil partnerships. There are many, many gay lay people in the Church of England, some single, some partnered, some married. There are many, many straight people in the Church of England who want the Church to change.
At present the Church of England demands of gay clergy that they live celibately within a civil partnership (if partnered). This is obviously ridiculous -- it obviously puts everyone in a 'don't ask, don't tell' situation. But that's where we are at present.
There are lots of people who want this to change. There are lots of people who want gay clergy to be able to marry their partner, and who want the church to conduct marriages of gay people. There are people who don't want either of these things, and people who are somewhere in the middle. The tide of opinion is growing towards liberalisation. But it's a slow process, maddeningly, frustratingly slow.
What this case has done is forced the hand of the bishops it's deliberately provocative. Under the current rules, the bishop had to withdraw the licence. It may be that the publicity all this has generated will force a change in the rules. I hope so. It will probably make the conservatives even more determined never to give in. I hope the matter can be resolved, without making a martyr that would be awful for all sorts of reasons.