02/07/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Good evening. at Wimbledon.

Churches in Jersey are divided over whether same`sex marri`ge

The States are due to debatd tomorrow a law to allow lesbian

and gay couples to marry in the island after England, Wales

And, while some faith groups have welcomed the move, others h`ve

One of England?s first same sex marriages.

In March this year, as the clock struck midnight,

couples across England and Wales were able to legally marry.

In Jersey, gay couples can dnter a civil partnership.

But now there are calls to allow them to marry.

One church group, who claim to represent a qu`rter of

They say God made marriage between a man and a woman,

We feel it is very important that we always aim for the ideals

and don't just water them down to suit our preferences.

Otherwise, we are really saxing "Well, God,

The Quakers faith group, who worship in silence,

have been vocal in their support for same sex marriage for ddcades.

We've always thought that when a couple get together,

they get together and marry before God, and we are mere witnesses.

It's God that does the marrxing and nobody else with the cotple

So it shouldn't matter what kind of relationship the marriagd is

No, so as long as it's a loving committed relationship, no there

But many church goers are concerned about a law that allows gay couples

Faith groups wouldn't be forced to allow same sex marriage

It is important that divershty of views are respected.

Equally, they have got to rdspect the views of people who want to get

married, and it would be just as wrong for them to impose

their views on gay and lesbhan couples as it would be for them to

Jersey States are discussing care in the island at tomorrow's meeting

after the Health Minister told the assembly the current care home

system is inadequate, fragmdnted and no longer fit for purpose.

Deputy Anne Pryke is asking her fellow politicians to agree a series

of changes to update the regulations which control establishments,

as well as establishing a health and social care colmission

She's concerned the current rules governing the island's care system

There's now another choice of pitches for competitive football

The surface of the KG`Five 3G pitch has been approved by both FHFA

It'll give clubs a viable option over the winter months,

To be a real option for rugby and football. Last year, both stffered

tremendously with not being able to play and we clear backlog is

Guernsey's 38`strong Commonwealth Games team have met for thehr last

workshop before they head to Glasgow in just a few weeks time.

They had a team photo in the sunny grounds of the Peninsula

Back inside they were briefdd on travel and security details for the

And the athletes are all tr`ining hard for

if the I am and and soak up the atmosphere once we are therd. Having

done all the training and mdt all the criteria,

Rocks that have blighted ond of Jersey's most popular be`ches

Diggers have been shifting tonnes of sand

along St Brelade's Bay to rdstore it to its former sandy glory.

The rocks emerged after the winter storms and,

fearing they'd put tourists off local businesses demanded action,

it is an industrial scale solution needed to return this beach to its

best. It has definitely slowed the business down. We are delighted to

see the lorries doing something about it just in time for the school

holidays. Hopefully now we will recoup lost business and we will be

busy again and summer with ` nice it has been disappointing for ts to

work have looked at brochurds and expected something different. We

have had quite a few comments from people saying it's after th`t has

meant the department in charge is doing something about it. Wd have

had, but we have held firm saying recover. The sound levels on all the

beaches on the island have dropped and all the other beaches h`ve

recovered by now, but this the rocks have spread more than six d`ys to

see it recover, making this trip don't forget, BBC radio

the, and it will feel prettx warm tomorrow and maybe late in the day

it will turn a little misty as the sunshine disappears and we `re it

will be fairly slow progress, as all these weather systems in thd

Atlantic will move towards a warm feel to the a lot more cloud

around which showers and cooler fresher weather

through this weekend. With more on that here's Louise.

Temperatures up to 25 degrees, 7 Fahrenheit. A different story north

and west. Particularly in western Scotland. Only 17 degrees. But the

winds were a feature here, gusting to 50 mph from time to time. And

there was rain as well. That weather front continues to meander south and

east through northern England