(No not for me) Marriage in UK without fiance visa

Sorry to belabor the subject! but I am just making sure I have this correct.  We can marry in Church of England.  Does this marriage "count" as much as the other?  I mean, we get a marriage license and all that I can take to the consulate in America?

Warning:  the CoE exemption has been ruled a breech of EU law and human rights, so it may not be available for long.  There's a thread on it in the News section from not too long ago.

I'm a registrar in Scotland and we can't marry non-EEA citizens without the proper visa - whether it's a fiance visa or marriage tourist visa - or without a Certificate of Approval (which you apply for if you're already here on some other sort of visa or status). So if you tried to submit your notices to our office and you didn't have a visa or CoA, we would tell you to get the proper documentation first. The situation may be different in England, but certainly in Scotland it's not possible.

It's the same in London. The registrar in Lambeth requested my passport to make sure I had a fiance visa.