Ua manaʻo nā luna mākaʻikaʻi o Iowa i ka hopena pule makahiki male kāne ma Disneyland e kūʻai aku i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawkeye no nā male male kāne a me nā wahine male, he kānāwai ma laila akā ʻaʻole kānāwai ma Kaleponi.
"Makemake mākou e ʻike ka poʻe inā ʻaʻole makemake ka ʻAhaʻōlelo Kaleponi e hana i ka hana e hāʻawi i nā kāne male kāne i ke kuleana e mare, a laila e noʻonoʻo e hele mai i Iowa kahi e hoʻokipa maikaʻi ai mākou iā ʻoe me nā lima ākea," ʻo Joe Jennison, ka luna hoʻokele o ka ʻO Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance, i haʻi aku i ka Orange County Register.
Ua hoʻonohonoho nā luna mākaʻikaʻi o Iowa - kekahi mau kāne kāne, ʻaʻole kekahi - i hoʻonohonoho i kahi hale hoʻokipa i kēia hopena pule ma Disney's Grand Californian Hotel, kahi e leʻaleʻa ai kahi hui makahiki o nā kāne kāne a me nā moe wahine i nā Disneyland Resorts. Kāhea ʻia ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo i ka keke male ʻana a paʻi i nā kiʻi i loko o kahi kiʻi e heluhelu ana: "Mare wale nō ... ma Iowa City."
Ke mālama nei ʻo Jennison i ka hale lole, a haʻi i ka Orange County Register no Iowa ʻo ia akā ua noho ʻo ia ma Kaleponi no 13 mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i kona mokuʻāina home ma 2003. E hōʻike ana i ka Iowa City-Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i nā hōkele a ʻO nā ʻoihana kiʻi male male - a me kekahi mau halepule - makemake nui e hoʻolako i ke kaiāulu kāne.
"Ua loaʻa mau iaʻu nā Iowans e wehe ʻia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Heinkel i ka nūpepa. "He ʻano kahaha ʻo ia (ka male male) he mea nui loa ma ʻaneʻi."
ʻO Iowa kekahi o nā mokuʻāina ʻehā o ka ʻāina e ʻae i ka male kāne, ma hope o ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ka ʻAha Kiekie ma mua o kēia makahiki.
Ua lele aku nā lunamakaʻāinana no ʻekolu o nā keʻena mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokuʻāina no nā lā Gay ʻekolu lā, kahi i hele aku ai he 30,000 mau mea komo i ke kūlanakauhale e hele i Disneyland. ʻAʻole kākoʻo ʻia a hoʻonāwaliwali ʻia nā lā Gay e Disney.
Ke lawe nei nā ʻelele o Iowa i nā kiʻi manuahi a me ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā pālule tuxedo a me nā pale mare. Ke hāʻawi nei lākou i nā palapala e hoʻolaha ana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Iowa, Cedar Rapids a me Coralville, ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe.
Ua haʻi aku lākou i ka Orange County Register ua ʻike lākou ʻaʻole lākou e kākau i nā male i kēia hopena pule a i ʻole e hoʻohuli i kekahi e lele i ka mokulele i Iowa koke. Akā naʻe, nui nā kāne i lawe iā lākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke keke a me kahi kiʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i manaʻo koke ʻia nā mea a pau he kūpono ʻo Iowa no lākou.
"Akā ʻaʻole ia ma waho o ka nīnau," i ʻōlelo ʻo Valerie Gonzales, 31, o West Covina i ka Orange County Register. "Ua ʻoi aku ka holomua o Kaleponi, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Iowa ma mua o mākou."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “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.
