LONDON (AP) - The Archbishop of Canterbury says Anglicans may have to accept a "two track" communion that embraces churches with conflicting beliefs about gay clergy and same-sex unions.

Rowan Williams wrote on his Web site yesterday that there are "two styles of being Anglican" and that both sides should work to keep the church together.

Williams is the Anglican spiritual leader. His comments are in response to the U.S. Episcopal Church's decision to lift a moratorium on gay bishops and to allow blessings of same-sex unions.

The Rev. Ian Douglas, who serves on the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, says this is what happens when what he calls "local leadings of the Holy Spirit bump up against received tradition in the church." He says the question is whether there are any "limits to diversity" in Anglican beliefs.

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