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Anglicans discuss same-sex 'friendships', gay priests
[720 ABC Perth]
There are rumblings within the Anglican Church over calls to redefine same-sex relationships.
The head of the church in Australia, Archbishop Peter Carnley, has told the Anglican general synod in Fremantle that if all relationships - homosexual and heterosexual - were described as "friendships" it would remove an expectation there must be sexual activity.
The synod is due to consider the ordination of gay people and the blessing of same-sex unions.
South Sydney Anglican Bishop Robert Forsyth believes Dr Carnley's comments are contrary to scripture and says any changes will be resisted. "I don't know about splitting the church here in Australia [but] it certainly could cause great tension," he said. "In the world Anglican communion it already is causing ... splits between some of the bodies in Africa and Asia and for example the Anglican Church in the United States of America."
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