Ondrej Holzman Izishayamthetho kuKhongolose yase-US bethule uMthetho Wokulingana oyingqopha-mlando, abafuna ukuqeda ukucwasa umphakathi we-LGBT kuzo zonke izifundazwe zase-US. Sebezuze abalandeli abaningi ngasohlangothini lwabo futhi inkampani enkulu yezobuchwepheshe, i-Apple, isijoyine ngokusemthethweni.
OKhongolose bafuna ukuqinisekisa ngomthetho wobumbano ukuthi akukho ukucwasa ngenxa yokuthambekela kobulili noma ubulili kunoma isiphi isimo saseMelika, ngisho nasezifundeni ezingamashumi amathathu nanye ezingakabi naso isivikelo esifanayo. Ngaphezu kwe-Apple, ezinye izinhlangano ezingu-150 seziwusekelile umthetho omusha.
"Kwa-Apple, sikholelwa ekuphatheni wonke umuntu ngokulinganayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uvelaphi, ubukeka kanjani, ukhulekela bani futhi uthanda bani," kusho u-Apple mayelana nomthetho wakamuva we-Apple. Umkhankaso Wamalungelo Abantu. "Sikweseka ngokugcwele ukunwetshwa kokuvikela okusemthethweni njengendaba yesithunzi somuntu esiyisisekelo."
Ukusekela kuka-Apple lo mthetho okukhulunywe ngawo ngenhla akumangazi. Ngaphansi kwe-CEO u-Tim Cook, umdondoshiya waseCalifornia uya ngokuya ekhuluma ngesihloko sokulingana namalungelo omphakathi we-LGBT, futhi uzama ukuletha intuthuko kule ndawo.
Ngaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyisithupha zabasebenzi bakwa-Apple ngoJuni bamasha e-San Francisco e-Pride Parade kanye no-Tim Cook ngokwakhe okokuqala ngqa ngokusobala ekwindla edlule wavumaukuthi uyisitabane.
I-Dow Chemical kanye no-Levi Strauss nabo bajoyine i-Apple ekusekeleni umthetho omusha, kodwa ukugunyazwa kwawo akukakaqinisekiswa. AmaRepublicans kulindeleke ukuthi amphikise kuCongress.
