WASHINGTON - Letšolo la Litokelo tsa Botho, sehlopha sa litokelo tsa botho se seholo ka ho fetisisa sechabeng sa batho ba ratanang le batho ba ratanang le ba bong bo fapaneng, ba ratanang le ba bong bo fapaneng le ba transgender (LGBT), kajeno le rorisitse Ntlo ea Baemeli ea Hawaii ka ho fetisa bili ea mekhatlo ea sechaba ka likhetho tse 33-17. Bili joale e fetela Senate ea mmuso.
"Letšolo la Litokelo Tsa Botho le thoholetsa Ntlo ea Baemeli ba Hawaii ka ho hlokomela hore banyalani bohle le malapa 'ohle ba lokeloa ke litokelo tsa mantlha le tšireletso," ho boletse mopresidente oa Letšolo la Litokelo Tsa Botho Joe Solmonese. "Molao ona o mabapi le ho atamela tekano bakeng sa baahi bohle ba Hawaii."
Bili e fetisitsoeng ke Ntlo e tla lumella banyalani ba basodoma ho kena mekhatlong ea sechaba le ho fumana melemo, tšireletso, le boikarabello ho latela molao oa Hawaii o fuoang balekane. Haeba molao o fetisa Senate 'me o etsoa molao, banyalani ba kenang mokhatlong oa sechaba ba ke ke ba fumana litokelo kapa melemo leha e le efe tlas'a molao oa federal.
Hawaii ha e lumelle batho ba ratanang le batho ba ratanang le ba bang ho nyalana. Hona joale molao oa Hawaii o lumella banyalani ba hanetsoeng ho kena lenyalong tlas'a molao oa Hawaii ho kena likamanong tsa majalefa le ho fumana litokelo le melemo e lekanyelitsoeng, eseng litokelo tsohle tse fuoang banyalani tlas'a molao oa naha.
Ntle le Hawaii, liprofinse tse leshome hammoho le Washington, DC li na le melao e fanang ka bonyane mofuta o itseng oa kananelo ea likamano tsa boemo ba mmuso bakeng sa balekane ba banna le basali. Massachusetts le Connecticut li amohela lenyalo bakeng sa banyalani ba basodoma le li-lesbiene tlas'a molao oa naha. Mebuso e meng e mehlano - California, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, le Vermont - hammoho le Washington, DC e fa banyalani ba basodoma monyetla oa ho fumana melemo le boikarabelo ba lenyalo, ebang ke ka mekhatlo ea sechaba kapa likamano tsa malapa.
Maine le Washington ba fana ka ditokelo le melemo e fokolang, eseng ditokelo tsohle tse fuwang banyalani. New York e amohela manyalo a batho ba ratanang le ba ratanang le ba bong bo fapaneng ba kenetseng kantle ho New York.
Banyalani ba di-gay le dilesbiene ha ba fumane ditokelo le melemo ya mmuso mmusong ofe kapa ofe. Ho ithuta haholoanyane ka molao oa naha ka molao etela: www.hrc.org/state_laws
Letšolo la Litokelo tsa Botho ke mokhatlo o moholo ka ho fetisisa oa litokelo tsa botho oa Amerika o sebetsang ho fihlela tekano ea banna le basali, ba ratanang le ba bong bo fapaneng, le ba iphetotseng bong. Ka ho khothatsa le ho kenya letsoho MaAmerika ohle, HRC e ikitlaelletsa ho felisa khethollo khahlanong le baahi ba LGBT le ho hlokomela sechaba se fihlelang toka le tekano bakeng sa bohle.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- The bill passed by the House would permit gay and lesbian couples to enter into civil unions and receive the benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Hawaii law that are granted to spouses.
- Hawaii law currently permits couples prohibited from marrying under Hawaii law to enter into reciprocal beneficiary relationships and receive limited rights and benefits, not all rights provided to married couples under state law.
- Five other states — California, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, and Vermont — plus Washington, DC provide gay and lesbian couples with access to the state-level benefits and responsibilities of marriage, through either civil unions or domestic partnerships.
