Wani ma'aikacin jihar ya yi murabus kuma jami'ai sun yi watsi da wani kamfen na talla na kasa da kasa wanda ya kai ga yin kira da a gudanar da bincike kan fastocin yawon bude ido da ke shelanta "South Carolina ta kasance gay sosai."
Gangamin wanda ya lullube hanyar jirgin karkashin kasa ta Landan da allunan tallata laya na Kudancin Carolina da wasu manyan biranen Amurka biyar ga 'yan yawon bude ido na Turai, ya yi kaca-kaca da 'yan luwadi a South Carolina, inda batun 'yancin 'yan luwadi ya dade da zama wani batu na siyasa.
An shirya tallace-tallacen ne don bikin Makon Gay Pride na London, wanda ya ƙare ranar Asabar. Fastocin sun nuna abubuwan jan hankali na jihar ga 'yan luwadi masu yawon bude ido, wadanda suka hada da "rairayin bakin teku masu gayu" da kuma gonakinta na zamanin yakin basasa.
An buga irin wannan tallace-tallace don Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, New Orleans da Washington, DC, babu ɗayansu da ya ba da rahoton wani mummunan koma baya. Amma a Kudancin Carolina, martani ga fastocin - wanda aka yiwa lakabi da "kamfen tallan tallan kafofin watsa labarai mafi gayuwa a London" ta Out Now, kamfanin talla na Australiya wanda ya tsara tallan - ya yi sauri.
Bayan da jaridar The Palmetto Scoop, wani shafin siyasa na Kudancin Carolina, ya bankado ci gaban da aka samu a makon da ya gabata, dan jam'iyyar Republican Sanata David Thomas na Greenville ya nuna adawa da yakin neman zabe tare da yin kira da a tantance kasafin kudin talla na dala miliyan 13 da aka sa ido kan sayen Ma'aikatar Parks, Recreation da Tourism na jihar. .
"'Yan Kudancin Carolina za su yi fushi lokacin da suka fahimci ana kashe dalolin harajin da suke samu don tallata jiharmu a matsayin 'yan luwadi," in ji Thomas a cikin wata sanarwa.
Sashen yawon bude ido da sauri ya ce ya soke biyan dala 5,000 da ta biya na fastocin, wanda ta ce wani karamin ma’aikacin jihar ne ya amince da shi wanda bai gudanar da wannan tunanin ba daga manyan jami’ai. Ma’aikacin, wanda ba a tantance shi ba, ya yi murabus a makon da ya gabata, in ji hukumar.
Mai magana da yawun Gwamna Mark Sanford, wanda aka bayyana a matsayin abokin takarar dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam'iyyar Republican, Sanata John McCain na Arizona, ya ce gwamnan ya amince da cewa hotunan ba su dace ba.
Babu wani martani kai tsaye daga Out Now.
'Kawai yayi kyau in zama gay'
An tsara yakin ne don "aika sako mai haske ga duk wanda ya ga wannan kamfen din cewa lokaci mai tsawo ya wuce da ya kamata a yi amfani da '' 'yan luwadi' a matsayin mummunar magana ta rashin amincewa," in ji Andrew Roberts, shugaban zartarwa na Amro Worldwide, balaguron. hukumar da ta kaddamar da tallace-tallace.
"Daga inda muke zaune, da kuma duk abokan cinikinmu da yawa, ana kwatanta su da 'yan luwadi' ba abu mara kyau bane ko kadan. Muna ganin abu ne mai kyau mu kasance masu luwadi, "in ji Roberts, wanda ya kira yakin neman zabe mai nasara, bayan da ya kai sama da mutane miliyan biyu a Landan.
Jami’an kula da yawon bude ido na jihar sun dage cewa ba su da masaniya game da yakin neman zaben. Amma lokacin da aka fara ba da sanarwar tallan a watan da ya gabata, hukumar yawon shakatawa ta ce a cikin wata sanarwa cewa "tana aika sako mai inganci."
Sanarwar ta ce "Ga maziyartan 'yan luwadi, hakika abu ne mai ban al'ajabi a gare su su gano adadin nawa South Carolina za ta bayar - daga gidajen shuka masu ban sha'awa zuwa mil na rairayin bakin teku masu yashi," in ji sanarwar.
Hukumar ta sauya kwas a makon da ya gabata bayan da yawancin mutanen Kudancin Carolina ba su yarda ba.
Oran Smith, shugaban kungiyar Palmetto Family Council, wata kungiyar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya a Columbia, babban birnin jihar, ya ce da farko ya yi tunanin tallan yaudara ce ta Intanet.
"Ina ganin tare da tattalin arzikin yau, dole ne mu kasance da wayo sosai tare da dalar yawon shakatawa, kuma kasuwar South Carolina, a fili, ita ce kasuwar abokantaka ta iyali," in ji Smith. "Don haka idan muna son kashe dalarmu ta hanyar da ta dace, muna bukatar mu bi kasuwarmu, kuma kasuwarmu iyalai ce."
Ventphis Stafford na Charleston ya ce: “Mu masu luwadi ne haka? Nah. Jihar mara kyau. Je zuwa California."
Mai fafutuka: Saƙon daidai, wuri mara kyau
Yawon shakatawa na 'yan luwadi wata kasuwa ce ta dala biliyan 64.5 a Amurka, kungiyar tafiye tafiye ta 'yan luwadi da madigo ta kasa da kasa, kuma fiye da biranen 75 a duniya suna yakin neman zabe mai taken luwadi da ba su haifar da cece-kuce ba. Sai dai yakin neman zaben ya ja hankali na musamman a Kudancin Carolina saboda ya bullo ne makonni kadan bayan da aka yi ta cece-kuce kan 'yancin 'yan luwadi a makarantun.
Eddie Walker, shugaban makarantar sakandaren Irmo, a gundumar Columbia, ya sanar da cewa ya daina aiki maimakon amincewa da ƙirƙirar Ƙungiyoyin Gay-Straight Alliance a makarantar, ɗaya daga cikin mafi girma a jihar.
"Tsarin ilimin mu na jima'i ya dogara ne akan kamewa," Walker ya rubuta a cikin wata wasika zuwa makarantar. “Ina jin kafa ƙungiyar Gay/Straight Alliance Club a makarantar sakandare ta Irmo yana nufin cewa ɗaliban da za su shiga ƙungiyar za su zaɓa ko za su yi jima’i tare da ma’abota jinsi ɗaya, dabam-dabam, ko kuma maza biyu. ”
Irin waɗannan halayen sun ci gaba da zama ruwan dare a cikin jihar, in ji Warren Redman-Gress, babban darektan South Carolina Alliance for Full Acceptance, ƙungiyar bayar da shawarwari ga yan luwaɗi da madigo. Ya yaba da dalilan yakin neman zaben amma ya soki lamarin da cewa ba a yi tunani sosai ba.
"Ina fata mutanen da ke hukumar kula da yawon bude ido sun yi kadan daga cikin ayyukan gida," in ji Redman-Gress. "Ina samun kira akai-akai, mutane suna so su sani kafin in zo in kashe kuɗin da nake samu, dala na kyauta a South Carolina, ko wuri ne da ya dace in zama ɗan luwaɗi?
"Amsar ita ce eh kuma a'a," in ji shi. "Kuna zaune a bakin iyaka tare da sauƙi cewa za ku iya zuwa South Carolina, ku kashe kuɗin ku zuwa nan, kuma wani zai iya shiga ya ce, 'Yi hakuri; ba za ka iya zama a nan ba saboda kai ɗan luwaɗi ne.'
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