user: A recent poll in Jersey suggested 81% of islanders support gay marriage.
A petition calling for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) people in the Channel Islands has attracted more than 1,000 signatures.
Martin Gavet, chairman of the Channel Island rights group Liberate, welcomed the news.
"We're fully supportive of any move that brings fairness and equality to the LGBTQ community in Jersey, including the most fundamental right that people have, which is to marry," he said.
"Civil partnership doesn't go far enough. It's right and moral for the State of Jersey to do this."
Jersey has recognised civil partnerships since 2012.
Deputy Sam Mezec, of Reform Jersey, lodged the proposition on Wednesday but was unavailable for comment.
Deputy Nick Le Cornu, also of Reform Jersey, said he did not expect opposition to the proposal.
"I think it's an open door," said Deputy Le Cornu.
"There will always be those who are homophobic and oppose these things on principle but I think society is pretty relaxed about it."

Sum: A proposition to grant the right to marry to gay people will be debated by the Jersey States in July.


Q: Avon and Somerset Constabulary said a 35-year-old man suffered serious head injuries in the attack in Kiddles between 02:00 BST and 02:40 BST.
He was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol and is in a critical condition, a spokesman said.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is being questioned by police.
Officers are carrying out forensic and house-to-house inquiries, the spokesman added.

A: A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an assault in Yeovil in the early hours of Saturday.


Text: The race was held over three days in May, with starts or finishes at Bridlington, Leeds, Scarborough, Selby, York and Wakefield.
The tourism body said the event was seen by more than 1.2 million people.
In 2016, the three-day men's race is to start on 29 April, with a women's race on 30 April.
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There were one million spectators at the race with about one in five from outside Yorkshire, said Welcome to Yorkshire. Some of those attended more than one day of the event, boosting the overall figure.
The new race was set up after the successful Tour de France Grand Depart was held in Yorkshire during 2014.
Those scenes prompted the tour's race director Christian Prudhomme to describe 2014 as the "grandest Grand Depart".
Spending by all spectators at the Tour de Yorkshire amounted to £49,711,436 and the average stay for visitors from outside the county was two and half nights, according to the survey of the race.
The total included accommodation costs and spending on items such as food, drink, transport and souvenirs.
The survey was conducted by independent research agency GRASP, using 1,500 respondents who were questioned at a race stage or online.
The data was analysed by Leeds Beckett University.
summary: The first Tour de Yorkshire cycle race saw spectators spend almost £50m, according to research commissioned by organisers Welcome to Yorkshire.


Question:
Article:The latest Markit/CIPS service sector purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 55.6 last month from 57.4 in July.
Although the figure remained above 50, indicating expansion, it was the weakest reading since May 2013.
Markit estimated the UK economy would grow by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2015, down from growth of 0.7% in the previous three months.
Earlier this week, a survey of the manufacturing sector also found growth slowing, although the construction sector recorded a slight pick-up in activity.
"Even after allowing for usual seasonal influences, August saw an unexpectedly sharp slowing in the pace of economic growth," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.
"The services PMI came in well below even the most pessimistic of economists' forecasts and follows disappointing news of a stagnation in the manufacturing sector earlier in the week."
The Markit survey said the slowdown in the sector was mainly due to the slowest increase in new business since April 2013.
Employment growth picked up from July, but it was still the second weakest reading since March 2014.
The survey found little evidence of price pressures in the sector, and Mr Williamson said this "suggests the inflation outlook is benign and is therefore likely to help tip the argument towards postponing any rate hikes until the wider global economic picture becomes clearer".
The data comes a week before the latest meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, which sets UK interest rates.
UK CPI inflation was 0.1% in July and looks unlikely to rise in the foreseeable future, which has led some economists to push back their expectations for a rate rise to the middle of next year.
Surveys published earlier this week also indicated the weakest growth for more than two years at Chinese and US factories, as well as a softening in China's services sector.
Separately, the Bank of England said net lending to small businesses by banks and building societies taking part in its Funding for Lending scheme reached £490m in the three months to the end of June, compared with £400m a year earlier.
Launched in 2012, the scheme is designed to provide lenders with cheap access to finance to improve lending in the wider economy. They have drawn down £61.4bn of funding from the scheme since it launched.
The biggest net lenders to small businesses during the period were Lloyds Banking Group, which lent £527m, and Aldermore, which lent £127m.
The Bank said the improvement in net lending reflected a relaxation of credit conditions and growing confidence in the economy.

Summarize the main points of that article.
Answer:
UK service sector growth slowed to its weakest rate for more than two years in August, a survey has indicated.


input: Article: Kane, 23, scored the winner against Sunderland at White Hart Lane on Sunday but twisted his ankle while tackling Papy Djilobodji late in the match.
"We will continue to assess him every day but don't want to put a time frame on it," Pochettino said.
Spurs, third in the league, travel to Middlesbrough on Saturday.
England international Kane has made 71 consecutive Premier League starts and has been Tottenham's top-scorer for the last two seasons.
Last term he won the Golden Boot after scoring 25 goals in the Premier League.
Mousa Dembele and Eric Dier also came off with injuries against Sunderland but Pochettino said they were not likely to be serious.
"We're not expecting any big issues," the Spurs boss said.
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output: Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino confirmed striker Harry Kane will be sidelined by ankle ligament damage, but did not say how long he would be out.


Article: The teenager was assaulted in Dunniker Road by a group of four men shortly before 22:00 on Friday.
The incident happened near the railway bridge at the junction of Victoria Road. The men were in their early to mid-20s and of muscular build.
Police want to trace a woman who was driving a red car, possibly a Vauxhall, and came to the teenager's aid.
One of the men was described as being 5ft 8in tall, with short dark hair. He was wearing a black T-shirt and blue demon jeans.
The men were seen to walk off towards the town centre.
Det Sgt Callum Lawrie said: "Although the victim was not injuredâ€Ž, this incident has left her shaken and upset.
"We would appeal for any person that was in the area of Dunniker Road last night who might have seen this group of men before or after this incident to contact police on 101."
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assistant: Police have launched an appeal to trace a woman who helped a 17-year-old girl who was attacked in Kirkcaldy.