Phakathi kwazo zonke iimbali zokuqala kwiCongress esandula ukufungiswa, umntu esingakhange sithethe kakhulu ngaye nguSenator waseArizona uKyrsten Sinema. Ayisiyiyo kuphela iSenator yamabhinqa yokuqala evela kwilizwe lakhe, kodwa ikwangumntu wokuqala oyindoda evulekileyo ukuba nesini esonyulwa kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu yase U.S. (Ngo-2013, waba lilungu lokuqala lendlu evulekileyo evulekileyo ngabantu besini esahlukileyo. Ungoyena mntu wesibini uvulekileyo ukuba abe lilungu le-LGBTQ elonyulelwa kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu emva kukaTammy Baldwin waseWisconsin ngo-2013.
USinema utsale ingqalelo izolo ngethuba efunga, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ekhangeleka eyoyikeka njengesihogo.
. @kwiiyen Imidlalo yomculo opinki namhlanje kusuku lokuqala njenge-Senator yase-United States pic.twitter.com/41dnAkAjAn
-Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) NgoJanuwari 3, 2019
ndichulumancile kukutshintshela kwiakhawunti yekyrsten sinema jonga kulo nyaka pic.twitter.com/BkB5Zl1RHc
- xtopher aguilera ✨ (@chris_higgins_) NgoJanuwari 3, 2019
Ngexesha lolonyulo lokugqibela, umchasi weSinema, uMartha McSally, Uqhube inani leentengiso ehlekisa ngeDemokhrasi ngokunxiba i-tutu epinki ku-2003 yokulwa imfazwe (eyenzekayo ukuba yayinomxholo woBhiyozo loBomi kunye noBuchule, into uMcSally angakhange ayikhankanye). Asinokwazi ukuba loo dyasi ipinki ingakholelekiyo yimpendulo ngobuqhetseba kolo hlaselo okanye ukuba lolunye ulwandiso lwesitayile seSinema esingathandabuzekiyo sobufazi.
Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, umbhali uConstance Grady wayibethelela xa wayibiza le nto yobufazi.
singathetha ngobukhomokazi besixhobo esimangalisayo uKyrsten Sinema asizisa kwitheko lokufunga kwakhe
-Constance Grady (@constancegrady) NgoJanuwari 3, 2019
Ukongeza ekubeni lilungu lokuqala le-senator yabasetyhini kwilizwe lakhe kunye ne-senator yokuqala evulekileyo, u-Sinema naye okuphela kwelungu leCongress yangoku ohlala engadibani nenkolo. Kananjalo, wakhetha ukufunga ngencwadi yomthetho Kuxelwe ukuba inemibhalo Imigaqo-siseko yase-U.S neArizona endaweni yebhayibhile okanye enye incwadi yenkolo.
Ukwenza konke oku kube yinto engakholelekiyo kukuba umsebenzi wokufunga kwi-Senators uwela kuMike Pence, umntu owakhe umsebenzi wakhe ekubalekeleni abasetyhini, etyhala ii-ajenda zonqulo, kunye nokuzama ukuhlutha uluntu lwe-LGBTQ amalungelo abo.
U-Kyrsten Sinema, owokuqala kwi-Senator evulekileyo evulekileyo embalini yase-US, ufungelwe e-ofisini. Ngokuchasene ne-queer Pence. Ngelixa ufunga ngencwadi yomthetho endaweni yebhayibhile. Lo mfanekiso wonke ungumbongo. #UtshintshoLuyeza pic.twitter.com/r51ytfKc62
-Gabrielle Faust (@Gabrielle_Faust) NgoJanuwari 4, 2019
ISinema ayixoli kwizinto ezininzi amadoda afana noMike Pence ayenza icace gca ukuba kufuneka acele uxolo: indlela yakhe yokuziphatha ngokwesondo, inkolelo yakhe, ubufazi bakhe obunobunkunkqele kwiziko elilawulwa yindoda, elidume ngokuxinana. Ukwanazo neentsomi malunga neesini eziqhubekayo nanamhlanje. Iintsomi ezinje nge-1) Azikho, kunye ne-2) Baziphethe kakubi, abaziphethe kakuhle, okanye bahlala begxile kwisini. Hayi, abantu abathandana nabasetyhini bakuyo yonke indawo, nakwiNdlu yeeNgwevu yakho.
Kwaye kuyonwabisa kakhulu.
USenin Kyrsten Sinema ufunga kwiCongress esebenzisa incwadi yomthetho endaweni yencwadi yenkolo https://t.co/pCm3BEz8Ew pic.twitter.com/x7PSKOVNyW
-Nduli (@thehill) NgoJanuwari 4, 2019
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