Kule veki, iNkundla yeziBheno yaseBermuda icwangcise iintsuku ezintathu zokuxoxisana ngomlomo kwisibheno sesikhalazo sesivumelwano sokulingana emtshatweni wesizwe ukusukela ngoLwesithathu, nge-7 kaNovemba ukuya ngoLwesihlanu, nge-9 kaNovemba ka-2018.
Abenzi-zicelo Abaphumeleleyo kwiNkundla Ephakamileyo, uMaryellen Jackson noRoderick Ferguson bathi, kwingxelo edibeneyo: “Siziva sithobekile ngenxa yenkxaso esiyinikwe ekuqaleni kwetyala lethu lokuqala kwaye sisahleli kwindlela yethu ekukhuseleni esi sibheno sikaRhulumente. Mninzi umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe kwisiqithi ukuqhubela phambili iyantlukwano kunye nobandakanyo. Le yenye yeendlela esikwazi ngayo ukunceda ukuqinisekisa amava ama-gay nama-lesbian Bermudians abakuqondayo ukubaluleka kweziko lomtshato ekukhuseleni iintsapho zabo.”
Isithethi se-OUTBermuda uAdrian Hartnett-Beasley uthe, “Sijonge injongo enye: ukulingana phantsi komthetho kuzo zonke izibini ezithandanayo zaseBermuda kunye neentsapho zethu. Kule veki, sikholelwa kwelokuba inkundla yethu ephezulu ingafikelela kwisigqibo esinye esenziwe yiNkundla ePhakamileyo ngeyeSilimela, xa ithe yagweba ukuba umThetho weNtsebenziswano yamaKhaya uphule umGaqo-siseko ukhusela kungekuphela nje inkululeko yethu yesazela kodwa kwanokwala ucalucalulo ngesiseko sokholo. Onke amehlo ethu asemvuzweni wokulingana. ”
I-OUTBermuda iphinde yagxininisa kwakhona ukuba iyawaxhasa amalungelo obambiswano lwasekhaya kubo bonke abantu baseBermudiya ukuba bakhethe, kodwa hayi ngendleko yokwala umtshato kwabanye, ngakumbi abantu abathandana besini esinye.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Kule veki, sikholelwa ukuba inkundla yethu iphakamileyo inokufikelela kuphela kwisigqibo esifanayo neseNkundla Ephakamileyo eyasenza ngoJuni, xa yawisa isigwebo sokuba uMthetho woBudlelwane baseKhaya waphula uMgaqo-siseko wethu ukhusela kungekuphela nje inkululeko yethu yezazela kodwa nangokugatya ngokungekho mthethweni ucalucalulo olusekelwe kwizivumo zokholo.
- Le yenye yeendlela esikwazi ngayo ukunceda ukuqinisekisa amava ama-gay nama-lesbian Bermudians abakuqondayo ukubaluleka kweziko lomtshato lokukhusela iintsapho zabo.
- “Siziva sithobekile yinkxaso esiyinikwe ekuqaleni kwetyala lethu lokuqala kwaye sisahleli kwindlela yethu yokuthethelela esi sibheno sikaRhulumente.
