Ngifunde njengomfundisi nanjengelungu lamaqembu ambalwa amancane - ama-African-American, abesifazane kanye namalesbian - ukuthi umbono odumile odabeni lwamalungelo omphakathi awubonisi ukukhetha okufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi. Izikhathi eziningi ukukhetha okulungile kanye nezimo eziphakeme zokuziphatha odabeni kuvela emaqenjini amancane adonsa kanzima azama kokubili ukubonakala nokuzwakala phakathi kwenkulumompikiswano yamazwi aphikisayo namavoti aphikisayo. Kungala maqembu lapho sibona khona ukuqina kwentando yeningi kusebenza, lapho labo abangaphansi kwemingcele yomphakathi bengaqala ukusampula lokho labo emphakathini abakuthatha kalula njengelungelo labo elingenakuphikwa njengelungelo lokuthi zonke izakhamuzi zakhona zishade.
Ngesonto eledlule sibone ukusebenza kwentando yeningi ngokukhethwa kukaBarack Obama njengomengameli wokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika. Okhokho bami ababegqilaziwe abakha iNdlu Emhlophe babengakaze bacabange ukuthi omunye wezizukulwane zabo uyohlala kuyo ngelinye ilanga. Kodwa futhi sabona ngesonto eledlule, ngalolo suku, ukuthi intando yeningi ayizange isebenze kanjani ezakhamuzini zayo ze-LGBTQ ngokuphasiswa kweSiphakamiso 8, isichibiyelo soMthethosisekelo waseCalifornia esisusa ukulingana kwemishado kwabashadile bobulili obufanayo, ngemva kokuba iNkantolo Ephakeme yaseCalifornia ikhiphe isinqumo. ngoMeyi ukuthi uhlelo 'olwehlukene nolungalingani' lobudlelwano basekhaya kwabashadile bobulili obufanayo alugcini nje ngokucwasa ngokusobala kodwa futhi aluhambisani nomthethosisekelo.
Ngenkathi
Abayisikhombisa kwabayishumi bethu badonsa izintambo ukuze benqabele amanye amaqembu amancane amalungelo abo omphakathi. Futhi ngenkathi abaphenyi nabahlaziyi bethi inkolo bekuyisizathu sethu, njengama-Afrika aseMelika besilokhu silahla izitatimende ezihlambalazayo nezilimazayo kanye nemibhalo ngathi egameni lenkolo njengeziqephu zebhayibheli okungenzeka ukuthi zaqalekisa bonke abantu bokhokho base-Afrika (Isiqalekiso sikaHamu, Genesise 9:18-27) noma ubugqila obukhuthazayo (Kwabase-Efesu 6:5-8).
Abalandeli abaningi be-Proposition 8 bavotele yebo bekholelwa ukuthi umndeni wendabuko wakusasa usengozini. Kodwa lapho umphakathi uchaza umshado njengowukuphela kwesibopho phakathi kwendoda nowesifazane, awukunaki ukuhleleka okushintsha njalo kwezigaba zomkhaya zanamuhla. Futhi umphakathi wase-Afrika waseMelika ukwazi lokhu kangcono. Ngenkathi ongqongqoshe base-Afrika baseMelika bezophikisana nomndeni wendabuko wenuzi, izingcindezi kanye nezinkinga zokucwasa ngokwebala zikhona futhi ziyaqhubeka nokubhuntshisa okungenzeka. Ngakho sakha ezethu izakhiwo zemindeni.
Ngakho-ke, izinhlaka zemindeni eminingi ezethulwa imishado yobulili obufanayo akufanele zibe usongo emphakathini wase-Afrika-waseMelika ngoba yizo ezigcine, zisindisile futhi zisasindisa imindeni yase-Afrika-yaseMelika. Ugogo noma umalumekazi nomalume - abaqondile noma abayizitabane - abasikhulisela ekhaya labo elinothando baqinise imindeni yethu phakathi namakhulu eminyaka. Futhi lezi zinhlaka eziningi zemindeni, okuye kwadingeka ukuba siziklame njengesibonelo sokumelana nenkululeko, njalo, ngokwesibonelo, ziye zabonisa wonke umphakathi ukuthi yini ngempela eyakha umndeni- okuqukethwe kwawo okungokomoya hhayi ukwakheka komzimba.
Ngeshwa, imizabalazo yamalungelo omphakathi kuleli zwe iye yaqondwa ngokuyinhloko, yabikwa futhi yakhuthazwa ngaphakathi komongo wemizabalazo yase-Afrika yaseMelika.
Inkulumompikiswano yanamuhla enezingxabano phakathi kwemiphakathi yabansundu kanye neyeziqhwaga, mayelana nokuthi yini ehlanganisa udaba olusemthethweni lwamalungelo abantu nokuthi yiliphi iqembu elinegunya lokusebenzisa leli gama, igqugquzelwa futhi ishaywa indiva imizamo ehlelekile kahulumeni wethu exabanisa womabili amaqembu ngamabomu. esikhundleni sokusekela Izichibiyelo ze-13 kanye ne-14 zoMthethosisekelo wase-US ezinikeza ngalinye kulawa maqembu aseceleni amalungelo alo angenakugwenywa.
Nakuba kuyiqiniso ukuthi umphakathi omhlophe we-LGBTQ udinga ukusebenza ekucwaseni kwawo, amalungelo abantu abamhlophe, kanye nenkundla yodaba olulodwa ebhuntshisa yonke imizamo yokwakha umfelandawonye nemiphakathi eqondile neyinqaba yemibala, umphakathi wase-Afrika-waseMelika udinga ukusebenzisana nawo. I-Homophobia.
Icala lokuphasiswa kweSiphakamiso sesi-8 akufanele libekwe emahlombe abantu abamnyama, amaLatinos noma ngisho nenkolo, kodwa kunalokho kufanele kubekwe icala emahlombe kahulumeni wethu. Ukumisa amalungelo ethu omphakathi njengombuzo wokuvota wevoti elidumile kwakunezinhliziyo ezingalungile kanye nekhanda elingalungile. Ukube okhokho bami ababegqilaziwe babelindele izigqila zabo ukuba zibakhulule, babikezele ngevoti lokuvota ngabe asihlali sonke ezweni.
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