CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) | Episcopalians in the Diocese of South Carolina will consider resolutions this week to distance the diocese from the national Episcopal Church because of its positions on same-sex marriage and ordination of gays.

One of the resolutions calls for the diocese to work with other churches opposed to the national church's stance on those issues.

"It would be a withdrawal from some of the national councils of the church," Canon Kendall Harmon said. "It's about as far as you can get but still be in"...