Ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa umthetho ohlongozwayo ogunyaza ukushada kwabantu bobulili obufanayo ugunyazwe yiCongress yaseChile, umongameli waseChile usayine umthethosivivinywa oyingqopha-mlando wokuba umthetho.
ChileISigele ivotele ngama-21-8 evumelana nomthetho wokulingana emshadweni ngoLwesibili, ngokungahoywanga kathathu, kanti iChamber of Deputies iphasise umthethosivivinywa wama-82-20, ngokungahoywanga kabili.
Lo mthetho "ubeka bonke ubudlelwano bothando phakathi kwabantu ababili ngokulingana", kusho uMongameli waseChile uSebastian Pinera emcimbini obuseLa Moneda esigodlweni sikahulumeni namuhla kanye nezishoshovu ze-LGBTQ, abamele izinhlangano zomphakathi, izishayamthetho nezinye izikhulu.
Lo mthethosivivinywa ekuqaleni wawuxhaswe owandulela uPinera, uMichelle Bachelet, owawethula ngo-2017.
Ukuphasiswa kwalo mthetho kutshengisa ingqopha-mlando ngemva kokudonselana kwezomthetho okweminyaka elitshumi kweleSouth America, lapho okuzancintisa kukhetho lukamongameli ekupheleni kwenyanga.
Umthetho uhlanganisa ukuqashelwa kwezibopho zabazali, izinzuzo ezigcwele zabashadile namalungelo okutholwa kwabashadile bobulili obufanayo, phakathi kwezinye izinguquko.
“Yonke imibhangqwana efisa kanjalo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ikuphi ngokobulili, izokwazi ukuphila, ithande, ishade futhi yakhe umndeni onaso sonke isithunzi nokuvikelwa okusemthethweni abayidingayo futhi ebafanele,” kusho uPinera.
U-Pinera, umholi onelungelo eliphakathi nendawo oshiya isikhundla ngoMashi, kanye nohulumeni wakhe bakusekela ngokugcwele ukulingana kwemishado kulo nyaka.
Chile sekunesikhathi eside inedumela lokungaguquki - ngisho naphakathi kontanga yamaRoma Katolika eLatin America - kodwa abantu abaningi baseChile manje sebeseka umshado wobulili obufanayo.
Chile iyizwe lesishiyagalolunye emazweni aseMelika ukuphasisa umthetho wokulingana kwemishado, lijoyina iCanada, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, United States, Colombia, Ecuador kanye neCosta Rica.
Izinyunyana zomphakathi zivunyelwe e-Chile kusukela ngo-2015, ezinikeza abathandana nabobulili obufanayo abaningi kodwa hhayi zonke izinzuzo zabashadile.
“Uthando luwuthando, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani,” iqembu lamalungelo Amnesty International kusho, ebiza umthetho omusha ngokuthi “izindaba ezinhle”.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Lo mthetho "ubeka bonke ubudlelwano bothando phakathi kwabantu ababili ngokulingana", kusho uMongameli waseChile uSebastian Pinera emcimbini obuseLa Moneda esigodlweni sikahulumeni namuhla kanye nezishoshovu ze-LGBTQ, abamele izinhlangano zomphakathi, izishayamthetho nezinye izikhulu.
- Chile's Senate voted 21-8 in favor of the marriage equality legislation on Tuesday, with three abstentions, while the Chamber of Deputies passed the bill 82-20, with two abstentions.
- “Yonke imibhangqwana efisa kanjalo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ikuphi ngokobulili, izokwazi ukuphila, ithande, ishade futhi yakhe umndeni onaso sonke isithunzi nokuvikelwa okusemthethweni abayidingayo futhi ebafanele,” kusho uPinera.
