Isisebenzi sikahulumeni sesulile emsebenzini kanti izikhulu ziwuchithile umkhankaso wokukhangisa wamazwe ngamazwe oholele ekutheni kuphenywe izingqwembe zezokuvakasha ezithi "iSouth Carolina iyisitabane."
Lo mkhankaso, owanamathisela umgwaqo ongaphansi komhlaba waseLondon ngezingqwembe ezikhangisa izintelezi zaseNingizimu Carolina namadolobha amahlanu amakhulu ase-US kubavakashi baseYurophu abayizitabane, ufike ngenhlokomo eSouth Carolina, lapho udaba lwamalungelo ezitabane selunesikhathi eside luyindaba egudwini kwezombusazwe.
Lezi zikhangiso zihlelelwe iGay Pride Week yaseLondon, ephele ngoMgqibelo. Amaphosta akhombisa ukukhanga kombuso kubavakashi abayizitabane, okuhlanganisa “amabhishi ezitabane” kanye namasimu akhona ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango.
Izikhangiso ezifanayo zathunyelwa e-Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, New Orleans naseWashington, DC, akukho nesisodwa esibike ukuthi kukhona ukuhlehla okubi. Kodwa eSouth Carolina, ukusabela kumaphosta - abizwa ngokuthi "umkhankaso wokukhangisa kwabezindaba kwezitabane kunawo wonke owake watholakala eLondon" yi-Out Now, inkampani yokukhangisa yase-Australia eyaklama ukukhushulwa - yashesha.
Ngemuva kokuthi i-Palmetto Scoop, ibhulogi yezepolitiki yaseNingizimu Carolina, yembule lokhu kukhushulwa ngeledlule, uSeninkulu wesifunda saseRiphabhulikhi uDavid Thomas waseGreenville ubhikishele umkhankaso futhi wacela ukuba kucwaningwe isabelomali sokukhangisa esingamaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-13 esibhekele ukuthenga uMnyango Wezamapaki, Ezokungcebeleka Nezokuvakasha. .
"Abantu baseNingizimu Carolinian bazocasuka lapho befunda ukuthi amadola abo entela asetshenziselwe ukukhangisa izwe lethu 'njengezitabane," kusho uThomas esitatimendeni.
UMnyango wezokuVakasha ngokushesha uthe uyahoxisa ukukhokhwa kwemali yawo engu-$5,000 yalezi zithombe, othi zagunyazwa isisebenzi sombuso esisezingeni eliphansi esingawuhambisanga lo mbono yizikhulu eziphezulu. Lo msebenzi, ongaziwa, wesule ngesonto eledlule, kusho isikhungo.
Umkhulumeli kaGov. Mark Sanford, okuke kwavela ukuthi angase angenele ukhetho lokuqokelwa isikhundla sokuba ngumongameli weRiphabhulikhi, uSen. John McCain wase-Arizona, uthe umbusi uvumile ukuthi lezi zithombe “azifanelekile.”
Bekungekona ukusabela kwamanje okuvela ku-Out Now.
'Kumnandi ukuba gay'
Lo mkhankaso wenzelwe ukuthi "uthumele umyalezo ocacile kuwo wonke umuntu obona lo mkhankaso wokuthi sekudlule isikhathi sokuthi 'izitabane ezingaka' zisetshenziswe njengegama elibi lokungavunyelwa," kusho u-Andrew Roberts, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Amro Worldwide, uhambo. i-ejensi egunyaze izikhangiso.
“Ukusuka lapho sihleli khona, nakuwo wonke amakhasimende ethu amaningi, ukuchazwa ngokuthi ‘izitabane’ akuyona into embi nakancane. Sicabanga ukuthi kumnandi ukuba yizitabane,” kusho uRoberts, obize lo mkhankaso ube yimpumelelo, njengoba usufinyelele abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili eLondon.
Izikhulu zezokuvakasha zoMbuso zaphikelela ngokuthi azazi lutho ngalo mkhankaso. Kepha ngenkathi kumenyezelwa okokuqala lokhu kukhangisa ngenyanga edlule, ibhodi lezokuvakasha lathi esitatimendeni "lithumela umyalezo onamandla."
"Ezivakashini zethu ezingongqingili, kuyajabulisa kakhulu ukuthi bathole ukuthi kungakanani okuhlinzekwa yiNingizimu Carolina - kusukela ezindlini ezinhle zamahlathi kuya kumamayela olwandle olunesihlabathi esibanzi," kusho isitatimende.
Lesi sikhungo sihoxise izifundo ngeledlule ngemuva kokuthi abantu abaningi baseNingizimu Carolinian bengavumelani.
U-Oran Smith, umongameli wePalmetto Family Council, okuyiqembu labalwela amalungelo abantu e-Columbia, inhloko-dolobha yezwe, uthe ekuqaleni wayecabanga ukuthi lezi zikhangiso zingamanga e-inthanethi.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi ngomnotho wanamuhla, kufanele sihlakaniphe ngempela ngamadola ethu ezokuvakasha, futhi imakethe yaseNingizimu Carolina, ngokusobala, iyimakethe elungele umndeni," kusho uSmith. Ngakho-ke uma sifuna ukusebenzisa ama-dollar ethu ngendlela ehlakaniphile, kudingeka sifune imakethe yethu, futhi imakethe yethu iyimindeni.
Wathi u-Ventphis Stafford wase-Charleston: “Siyizitabane? Nah. Isimo esingalungile. Hamba eCalifornia.”
Isishoshovu: Umlayezo olungile, indawo engalungile
Ukuvakasha kwezitabane kuyimakethe eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-64.5 zamaRandi e-United States, izilinganiso ze-International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association, futhi amadolobha angaphezu kuka-75 emhlabeni jikelele anemikhankaso enezitabane engadali mpikiswano. Kodwa lo mkhankaso udonse ukunaka okukhethekile eSouth Carolina ngoba uvele emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kwenkulumompikiswano esabalele ngamalungelo ezitabane ezikoleni.
U-Eddie Walker, uthishanhloko we-Irmo High School, e-Suburban Columbia, umemezele ukuthi wayeka esikhundleni sokugunyaza ukusungulwa kwe-Gay-Straight Alliance esikoleni, esinye sezikhulu esifundazweni.
“Ikharikhulamu yethu yokufundisa ngocansi isekelwe ekuzithibeni,” kubhala u-Walker encwadini ayibhalela isikole. “Ngibona sengathi ukusungulwa kwe-Gay/Straight Alliance Club e-Irmo High School kusho ukuthi abafundi abajoyina le kilabhu bazobe bekhethe noma bazokhetha ukuzibandakanya ocansini nabantu bobulili obufanayo, abobulili obuhlukile, noma abobubili ubulili. ”
Izimo zengqondo ezinjalo zisadlangile esifundazweni, kusho uWarren Redman-Gress, umqondisi omkhulu weSouth Carolina Alliance for Full Acceptance, iqembu elimela abantu abathandana nezitabane. Utuse izinhloso zomkhankaso kodwa wakugxeka njengokungacatshangwa kahle.
"Ngifisa sengathi abantu ebhodini lezokuvakasha ngabe benze omunye umsebenzi wabo wesikole," kusho uRedman-Gress. “Ngithola izingcingo njalo, abantu bafuna ukwazi ngaphambi kokuthi ngize ngizosebenzisa imali yami engiyisebenzele kanzima, amadola ami esikhumbuzo eNingizimu Carolina, ingabe kuyindawo lapho KULUNGILE ukuthi ngibe yisitabane?
“Impendulo inguyebo nocha,” esho. “Uhlala onqenqemeni ngeqiniso elilula lokuthi ungaza eNingizimu Carolina, usebenzise imali yakho ngokufika lapha, futhi othile angangena athi, ‘Ngiyaxolisa; awukwazi ukuhlala lapha ngoba uyisitabane.’”
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