Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, used his closing address at the synod to herald a \u201cnew relationship\u201d\u009d with what he referred to as the LGBTQ2 \u201d\u201c lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning and two-spirited \u201d\u201c community, while calling for unity within the church.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot allow the results of our synod to disintegrate our church or to disintegrate our fellowship,\u201d\u009d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGod is calling us to this new thing, this thing that sometimes perhaps we don\u2019t always understand: a new relationship with the LGBTQ2 community,\u201d\u009d he continued later.<\/p>\n
\u201cToo many of them have suffered the consequences of homophobia. Too many of them experienced discrimination, from whispering to outright rejection.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n