FROM THE EAST…
I
khankhiatna mun, i tenkhoppih mite kalsuanzia, pau le ham leh thupingaihsut
kibatlohna hangin minam khat hi napi, muhdan, sandan, ngaihsutdan, pomdan leh
deihdan kibatlohna om thei hi. Zomite zong tua bang huih nung diik leh phukha dingin,
leitung kiuli a gam bangzah hiamah kithezaakin, i teenna mun, i lamkiatna leh
innkuanpih bangzah hiam lutang phumna nusia-in, suahlam panin a khangtozaw (hi
a i ngaihsut), tumlam gamte ah, nek le dawn baihzawk ding, sum le pai zeek
cingzaw deuh muh ding lametna tawh kipai khengkhang hi.
Tua gam
khangtozaw ci-a kingaihsun, sum le pai kicinzawkna, nek le dawn, silh le teen
muh baih zawk ding lametna mun, ‘i lunggulh gam’ tunna pen, Zomite adingin thupha
hi maw hi lo, tua ‘i lunggulh gam’ tunna hang a supna leh meetna bang om! Kum
30/40 hong pai lai leh i Zo-ngeina, i Zolai, i Zopau, i Zomi nam sung ki-itna
pen bang ciang lian hi ding hiam? Kipi-kiteena, innsung-bangkua kizopna, sung
le pu leh tanau ki-itna bang ciang hong hi ding?
January
2018 ciangciangah, leitung a gam 28 in, a gambup ahih kei leh gam sung a state
pawlkhat-ah neih kibang kiteenna (same sex marriage) pen ‘ngeina/thukhun tawh
kituaksak,’ ta uh hi. Tuate i et ciangin, a vekpi phial-un, milip (population)
sehnih suah seh khat sanga tamzaw (more than 50%) pen Khristian hi mawk hi! Operation World[1]
kici laibu in, Khristian omzah a gelhna leh tua gam 28te hih anuaia bang ahi hi
– The Netherlands (46.55%), Belgium (62.72%), Canada (72.07%), Spain (77.13%),
South Africa (75.24%), Norway (91.08%), Mexico (95.03%), Sweden (57.20%),
Iceland (90.60%), Portugal (94.40%), Argentina (89.28%), Denmark (85.29%),
Uruguay (64.69%), New Zealand (53.20%), France (61.14%), Brazil (91.40%),
England–Wales–Scotland (as United Kingdom 59.66%), Luxembourg (81.63%), Finland
(83.75%), Ireland (91.72%), Greenland (96.56%), United States (77.62%),
Colombia (94.42%), Germany (64.25%), Malta (96.82%) leh Australia (69.50%).
A lang
lamah, hih (neih kibang kiteenna) a khaam (prohibit) gam 70 val lakah a tamzaw
pen gam khangto nai lo a kigen, Africa leh Asia (Middle East kihelin) a Muslim majority
gamte ahi uh hi.
Pawlpi
(church) sungah zong neih kibang kiteenna pen, pom bek tham loin, sia/siampi
(priest/pastor) a zang pawlpi bang tam mahmah ta hi. Gentehna dingin,
Presbyterian Church USA bangin tawhuk (homosexual man) khawng bang zong sia
dingin saang-in, October 8, 2011 in tawhuk ahi Scott Anderson pen Covenant
Presbyterian Church, Madison, Wisconsin ah siampiza ngahsak (ordained) uh hi.
Hih thu hangin, Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod in Presbyterian Church USA
tawh a kizopna uh beisak hi.[2]
Tua hun ma-in, pawlpi tuamtuam, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2010
panin; Metropolitan Community Church in kum 1968 pan; leh kum 1972 pan United
Church of Christ in siampi (priest/clergy) dingin siampiza ngahsak (ordained)
khin uh hi. Tua banah, gam khangto hi a kigen, Europe gam sunga pawlpi bangzah
hiam in zong zang uh hi.[3]
Kiteenna
leh kikhenna tawh kisaiin, Apoorva Dutt kici in Hindustan Times a January 4,
2015 a a gelhna tungtawnin, tuma kum sawm in India gam sungah nupa kikhen pen
kop tul khat laka khat kiim bek (1/1000) hi a, tun (2015) in ahih leh kop tulkhat
laka kop 13 kiim bang (13/1000) hi ta hi, ci a, phualpi leh khawk tuamtuam-ah
kician taka ciamtehna om lo a, innkuan lam thukhenzum a uliante in khuapi
tuamtuam ah kician takin survey kinei leh a zah nih/thum bangin tamzaw thei
ding hi, ciin gen hi.[4]
Divorce
Statistics website tungtawnin, USA gama nupa kikhen pen nupa kop za laka kop
sawmnga (50%) bang tung zo hi, ciin phatuamngai kipawlnate in gen uh a, tua
sang zong tamzaw thei ahihna thu kigelh hi. Tua banah, a kiteeng cil (first
marriage) lakah 41% pan 50% bang kikhen kik uh a, nihvei kiteengte lakah 60%
pan 67% kikhenkikin, thumvei zi/pasal a neite 73% pan 73% kikhen uh hi, ciin
kigelh hi.[5]
Tua banah, Mary Plunkett in, UN’s Demographics and Social
Statistics Division record tungtawn-a a pulakna ah, kikhenna tamna penpen gam
leh kikhenzah pen: Belgium (71%), Portugal (68%), Hungary (67%), Czech Republic
(66%), Spain (61%), Luxembourg (60%), Estonia (58%), Cuba (56%), France (55%),
leh USA (53)[6] hi uh a,
tua gamte a Khristian omzah en kik lehang: Belgium – 62.72%, Portugal – 94.40%,
Hungary – 87.99%, Czech Republic – 25.92%, Spain – 77.13%, Luxembourg – 81.63%,
Estonia – 45.30%, Cuba – 56.53%, France – 61.14%, and USA – 77.62%[7]
ahi uh hi.
A mu leh a theite in a gen leh gelhna panin, hih ‘i lunggulh
gam’ sunga teeng mite pen, Zomite kihawh, kikholh leh kithuah bang loin, amau
guaka kalsuan, nasep leh mi dangte tawh kisawh kha lua lo a kalsuan, tua banga
nuntak nuam a sa banah, tua ci bangin nungta uh a, picing khin sate bang nu leh
pate tawh kithuah kha nawn loin, amau guaka vaikihawm banah, suakta takin hun
zangin, kam kihilh theih zong hi nawn loin, suahtakna lianpi nei ta uh cih pen
a kigen zelzel thu ahi hi. Ei, Zomite nuntakzia leh deihdan, u leh nau, zi le
pasal, nu le pate leh tate kizopzia pen, tuhun a i teenna ‘i lunggulh gam’ a
mite tawh hong kibang nawn lo hi, a ci pawl om hi.
Gam khangto, ‘i lunggulh gam,’ leh ‘gam thumna’ ci a, tua
mun i tun ciang i lungdam mahmah laitakin, ngaihsut ding omin i thei hiam? Pau
le ham, zia le tong, ngeina leh thupingaihsut kibang het lo mite tawh omin, teengkhawmin,
nisimin kithuahta i hih manin mail amah bangci bangin kalsuan ding… Tua bek
tham lo, pawlpi sungah Sia a nei tektek, Zogam sung i om lai Sia i deihdan leh
lametdan, pawlpi kalsuanzia pen khekin, i teenna gam mite mah bangin neih
kibang kiteenna pomin, Sia khawng-in zangin, amau nung mah zui leng hoih le hi,
i cizaw hiam?
Kipi-kiteenna tawh kisai-in zong, a citak leh a kuhkal
mahmah, kikhen pen a haksat ngaihsut mahmah Zomite in, a khangtozaw gam kici, i
teenna mite mah bangin, lungkimlohna khatpeuh ahih kei leh thu bangbang hiam
hang khawngin kikhen bang baihsakin, i omna, i teenkhoppihte mah bang bangin,
amau nung mah zui ding i hi hiam? Tua banah, ‘nungak-siangthona’ (virginity)
tawh kisai, ‘trail marriage’ leh ‘live-in’ tawh kisai bangci bang ngaihsutna i
nei hiam?
Tua ahih manin, gam nuam, thupha ngah gam, nek le dawn, silh
le teen, sum le paai muh baihna gam leh nuam i sakna gam hi a i ngaihsut gam sungah
i teen laitakin, i Zo-ngeina, Zolai, Zopau, Pawlpi kalsuanzia, kipi-kiteenna
lamah, i khuatang, u le nau kizopzia lamah bangci bangin kalsuan zel ding i hi
hiam? I teenkhoppihte leh gam kalsuanzia bangin, ‘rights’ hoih tak leh suakta
taka zatna tungtawna i ‘freedom’ pen, i teenkhoppihte mah bangin ‘exercise’ leh
‘enjoy’ in, Zomite ngeina leh a phual ngak Zomite tawh teenna a tuam dungzuiin,
na khatpeuh muhzia, ngaihsutzia, kalsuanzia leh gamtatzia pen kikhen, kibang
lo, kikelki ding i hi hiam?
Ei, suahlam gam a teeng, tua pana tumlam gam zuan a pai Zomi
bangzah hiamte in neih kibang kiteenna tawh kisai ngaihsutzia tuam neih kisam i
sa hiam? Tua bang mite, pawlpi/biakna sungah bangci bang dinmun ngahsak a,
kipi-kiteen, nu le pa leh tate kizopzia, zi leh pasal kikal thu-ah (virginity,
trial marriage, leh live-in kihelin), tu a i teenna gamte mah bangin, i omna
mun a mite mah bangin ‘ki-adjust’ suk mai ding maw? Ahih kei leh Zomite in i
neih ngeinate hoihsa-in, lenkipin, kalsuan pih ding… Lai Siangtho in bang
hoihsazaw ding, koi pen Pasian’ lungkimna hizaw ding?
Deihtel thei ding dinmunah omin i kithei hiam? Deihteel thei
i hih leh bang teelzaw ding i hi hiam? I deihtelna tungtawnin bang haksatna om
ding, tuate phu zo dingin i hanciam zo diam? Sum muhna, nek le taak muh baihna,
gam nuam, gam thupi-ah teeng ta i hih manin, a nasep, a ngaihsut leh a kalsuandan
uh hici ding mah hi, hoihzaw, pilhuaizaw, Pasian deihdan leh Lai Siangtho tawh
kituakzaw, ciin zuizui ding i hi hiam? Suahlam gam pana tumlam gam nuamzaw (hi
a i theih) i zuatna, i phualsatna-ah bang deihteelna leh kalsuanzia zang ding i
hi hiam?
~
T. Sawm Lian, 12062018
(for
ZCF Norway)
[2] TNN,
“Mizoram Presbyterian Church Snaps US Ties Over Gay Stand,” The Times of
India, June 12, 2012, accessed June 5, 2018,
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Mizoram-Presbyterian-church-snaps-US-ties-over-gay-stand/articleshow/14042660.cms.
[3] Kicianzaw a sim nuamte adingin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_clergy_in_Christianity.
[4] Apoorva
Dutt, “How and Why Number of Young Indian Couples Getting Divorced Has Risen
Sharply,” Hindustantimes, January 4, 2015, accessed June 27, 2017,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/sex-and-relationships/how-and-why-number-of-young-indian-couples-getting-divorced-has-risen-sharply/story-mEuaEoviW40d6slLZbGu6J.html.
[5] “Divorce
Statistics and Divorce Rate in the USA,” Divorce Statistics, n.d.,
accessed June 27, 2017,
http://www.divorcestatistics.info/divorce-statistics-and-divorce-rate-in-the-usa.html.
[6] Mary
Plunkett, “World’s 10 Most Divorced Nations,” The Richest, June 1, 2014,
accessed June 27, 2017,
http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/world/worlds-10-most-divorced-nations/.
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