Baokameli ba bahahlauli ba Iowa ba shebile mafelo-beke a batho ba ratanang le ba bang ho la Disneyland ho bapatsa naha ea Hawkeye bakeng sa machato a basodoma le a basali, a molaong moo empa a sa lumelloe California.
"Re batla hore batho ba tsebe hore haeba Lekhotla la Ketsa-Molao la California le sa ikemisetsa ho nka mohato oa ho fa banyalani tokelo ea ho nyala, ka kopo nahana ka ho tla Iowa moo re tla u amohela ka thabo," Joe Jennison, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance, e bolelletse Orange County Register.
Liofisiri tsa bohahlauli tsa Iowa - ba bang ba ratana, ba bang e se - ba thehile lephephe mafelo-bekeng ana hoteleng ea Disney's Grand Californian Hotel, moo kopano ea selemo le selemo ea li-gay le dilesbiene e natefeloang ke Lihlekehleke tsa Disneyland. Batho ba memeloa ho etsa mohlala oa kuku ea lenyalo le ho nka linepe ka har'a foreime e reng: "Ke Nyala Feela ... Iowa City."
Jennison o ntse a tsamaisa lephephe, mme a joetsa Orange County Register hore o tsoa Iowa empa o lula California lilemo tse 13 pele a khutlela naheng ea habo ka 2003. Ha a emela Kopano ea Iowa City-Coralville Area le Baeti Bureau, o boletse lihotele le Lifeme tsa lenyalo-ho nka lifoto - le likereke tse ling - li labalabela ho hlokomela sechaba sa basodoma.
"Kamehla ke fumane hore Iowans e bulehile," Heinkel o bolelletse koranta eo. "Hoa makatsa hore ebe (lenyalo la basodoma) ke taba e kholo hakana mona."
Iowa ke e 'ngoe ea linaha tse nne naheng ka bophara tse lumellang manyalo a basodoma, kamora hore Lekhotla le ka Holimo-limo le etse qeto pejana selemong sena.
Baemeli ba libaka tse tharo tsa bahahlauli ba libaka tsa mmuso ba ile ba fofa bakeng sa Matsatsi a Gay a matsatsi a mararo, moo barupeluoa ba 30,000 ba kenang toropong ho ea Disneyland. Matsatsi a Gay ha a tšehetsoe kapa ho nyahamisoa ke Disney.
Baemeli ba Iowa ba nka linepe tsa mahala le ho fana ka libaking tsa tuxedo le likoahelo tsa banyaluoa. Ba ntse ba fana ka libukana tse buang ka Iowa City, Cedar Rapids le Coralville, hara litoropo tse ling.
Ba bolelletse Register ea Orange County hore baa tseba hore ba kanna ba se ke ba hlophisa machato mafelong ana a beke kapa ba susumetsa mang kapa mang hore a palame sefofane ho ea Iowa hanghang. Ho ntse ho le joalo, banyalani ba bangata ba ne ba ba isa khefing le foto, leha e se bohle ba ileng ba kholoa hang-hang hore Iowa e ba loketse.
"Empa ha e lahlehe," Valerie Gonzales, 31, oa West Covina o bolelletse Orange County Register. "California e tlameha ho tsoela pele haholo, empa ho bonahala Iowa e (tsoetse pele) ho feta rona."
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- “We want people to know that if the California Legislature is unwilling to take the step to give gay couples the right to marry, then please consider coming to Iowa where we will gladly welcome you with open arms,”.
- Jennison is manning the booth, and told the Orange County Register he is originally from Iowa but lived in California for 13 years before moving back to his home state in 2003.
- They told the Orange County Register they know they won’t likely book any weddings this weekend or persuade anybody to hop on a plane to Iowa immediately.
