Kutshanje kuye kwafika kwingqalelo yethu ukuba iBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist lijongene nengxaki enkulu yezomthetho neyemali. Inokulahlekelwa yimeko yayo yokungenzi nzuzo ngenxa yocalucalulo. Ndibandakanya amakhonkco amaninzi kweli nqaku, ngamanye amaxesha kwizinto ezinzulu onokuzifumana zivula amehlo. Ukuqonda ngokucokisekileyo, nceda uthathe ixesha lokuphonononga ngokupheleleyo izinto ezinxibeleleneyo.
Umthetho we-Federal uyalela imibutho engenzi nzuzo ukuba isebenze ngendlela engacaluli. Imibutho efunyenwe ngokwaphula umngcipheko wokurhoxiswa ubume bayo bokungenzi nzuzo. Lo mbandela weecawa ngokubanzi wachazwa xa iNkundla Ephakamileyo yaseUnited States yawutshitshisa uMthetho woKhuselo loMtshato (DOMA) kunyaka ophelileyo, njengoko Iingxelo emva kokuba isigwebo silumkisile.
Yintoni eyenza oku kube yinkxalabo ekhethekileyo kwiCawa yamaSabatha kukuba sele inawo amava asemthethweni kulo mba. ICawe ibhalise igama layo kwi I-United States I-Patent kunye ne-Ofisi yeempawu zentengiso ngo-1981, onokuthi uqinisekise ngokusebenzisa indawo yokukhangela uphawu lokuthengisa kunye ne "Seventh-day Adventist" njengamagama okukhangela. Kuba kungenzeki ukunxibelelana nezona ziphumo, ndicaphula le mimandla yedatha ilandelayo:
| umnini | (UBHALISO) INKONFA-JIKELELE YOSHISHINO YE-SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CORPORATION DC 12501 OLD COLUMBIA PIKE SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 209046600 |
| Ipapashelwe Inkcaso | Agasti 18, 1981 |
| Umhla wobhaliso | Novemba 10, 1981 |
| isikhanyeli | AKUKHO BANGO LENZELWE ILUNGELO ELIKHETHEKILEYO LOKUSEBENZISA “ADVENTIST” NGAPHANDLE KOPHAWU NJENGOKO KUBONISWA. |
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba olu bhaliso lubandakanya i-disclaimer. I-disclaimer yongezwa ngenxa yokuba amagama athi "i-Seventh-day Adventist" ichaza ngokwendalo, kwaye imithetho yokuthengisa ayikhuseli ngokusetyenziswa kwamagama kwisimo esichazayo. Nangona kunjalo, umthetho unokukhusela ekwaphuleni umthetho xa intsingiselo iphuhlisiwe kwingqondo yoluntu enxulumanisa amagama achazayo kwimveliso okanye inkonzo ethile (okanye iCawe kulo mba).
Ukuze ibe nolu khuseleko, iCawa yakhetha ukuvumela ixesha lokulinda leminyaka emihlanu ukuba lidlule kuba kucingelwa ukuba emva kweminyaka emihlanu, intsingiselo yesibini iye yaphuhliswa engqondweni yoluntu. Emva koko kwanamagama achazayo anokukhuselwa kwinqanaba elithile phantsi komthetho wophawu.
Unokuqiniseka ukuba iBandla lalingenzi nto ngaloo minyaka mihlanu; yayiqokelela uluhlu oluninzi lwabaphuli-mthetho ukuba batshutshise lakuba ixesha lokulinda liphelile. Ukwenza izibalo, amanqaku eminyaka emihlanu emva komhla wokubhalisa aya kungena Novemba, 1986. Qaphela ukuba igama elithi “Seventh-day Adventist” yayingekuphela kobhaliso; iBandla lipapasha ezabo uluhlu olude lweempawu zorhwebo ezibhalisiweyo kwiwebhusayithi yabo.
Imihla yesikhumbuzo seminyaka emihlanu inika umdla kakhulu kuba idibana malunga noMhla Wocamagushelo ngowe-1986, umhla ophawulwa yinkwenkwezi uRigel kwiwotshi yeOrion, kunye nangowe-1986, '87,'88 triplet kwi-HSL. Kukho izifundo ezinzulu ezinokuthathwa koku.
Isibongozo seCawa sokuba igunya likarhulumente likhusele igama layo labizwa eyokuqala kwiicawa zamaProtestanti okungenani umthombo omnye. Esi sibheno kumagunya karhulumente sichasene nomgaqo wokwahlulwa kwecawa norhulumente, kwaye sibonisa isimo sengqondo seCawa yamaRoma. Kukho igama lokuba nengqondo enye neRoma: i-ecumenism. Kwaye eso sisono kanye seCawa sowe-1986 esamngxwelerha kwakhona uYesu, njengoko kuboniswa yiwotshi yeOrion.
I-HSL ibonisa ukuba intshukumo yee-ecumenical iquka ukugatywa koMoya oyiNgcwele (nangona ifuna ukukhatshwa kwaye iphefumlelwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele). Umntu unokukhokelwa njani nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwangaxeshanye ekhuthaza ubume bobuFasi? Abanako! UMoya oyiNgcwele usebenza ngokuqinisekisa isazela somntu ngamnye malunga nenyaniso, hayi ngegunya elisuka phezulu elicinga ukuba lilawula isazela somntu ngamnye.
ICawa ayizange ichithe xesha. Ngokukhawuleza emva kweminyaka emihlanu, ngokukhawuleza baqala ukuhlukumeza nokutshutshisa "abaphuli" beempawu zayo zorhwebo. Imeko yecawa encinane eHawaii idla ngokucatshulwa njengeyokuqala. Iinkcukacha ezinomdla zebali zibaliswa kwaye ziphinda zibaliswe ngu imithombo eyahlukeneyo ye-intanethi. The I-LA Times ibike le meko NgoNovemba 27, 1988.
Ngoxa kusenokubonakala ngathi iCawa iye yaphumelela ekusebenziseni igunya likarhulumente ukukhusela igama layo ekusetyenzisweni kakubi ngamabandla “amsulwa,” yoyisiwe esebenza njengesihlabo. Ngowe-1987, kanye embindini weHSL triplet, bamangalela iqela lamafanasini elalibizwa ngokuba yiSeventh-day Adventist Kinship International. kwaye ulahlekile. Babewugqithile umda wamalungelo abo.
Ukuzalana liqela elixhasayo kungekhona ibandla, ngoko ke ukusetyenziswa kwalo kwegama elithi “Seventh-day Adventist” kwakugqalwa njengegama elichazayo kungekhona ukunyhashwa kophawu lweCawa.
Ke le lahleko ngokuchasene neqela lama-gay isebenza njani njenge-omen?
The ireferensi yokuqala esemthethweni yokuxolelwa kwirhafu Kwaziswa kwi I-1890s, kamsinya nje emva kweminyaka eli-120 ebhadula entlango, kwaye imeko yerhafu yangoku 501(c)(3) yaziswa ngo-1950 njengoko iBandla lalilalanisa kubume bukaYesu.
Logama nje imithetho yayingangqubani nemithetho kaThixo, kwakungekho ngxaki. Ukusukela oko iNkundla ePhakamileyo yatshitshisa i-DOMA, nangona kunjalo, abantu baye bakhuselwa phantsi komthetho we-federal ngokuchasene nocalucalulo olusekelwe kwisini. Ngokomzekelo, kuye kwakho amatyala aphawulekayo emizi yokubhaka izonka nabafoti, abaye bazifumanisa besaphula umthetho ngenxa nje yokubambelela ngokuqinileyo kwizazela zabo kwimfundiso yeBhayibhile echasene noqheliselo lobufanasini, bengavumi ukuya kwimitshato yamafanasini.
Ukugcina iwonga layo lama-501(c)(3), iBandla linyanzelekile (njengoko ixesha eladlula affirms) ukuthobela imithetho elawula imibutho enjalo, kwaye loo mithetho iyalela ukuba ilandele izenzo ezingacaluliyo. Kwilizwe lezoshishino, ukucalucalulwa kwabasetyhini (okanye abantu abambalwa) kubunkokeli akuvumelekanga, kwaye kwiminyaka yakutshanje oku kuye kwanda ukuya kumafanasini. Kodwa ngaba iBandla lingakwazi ukuhlala likumemo olungileyo nehlabathi elimithetho yalo eyenziwe ngumntu iphikisana nemithetho kaThixo, lize libe yinyaniso kwiBhayibhile echaza iindima ezahlukeneyo zamadoda nabafazi nezigxeka isimilo sobufanasini?
Oku kuveza ukukhanya okwahlukileyo kumba wokumiselwa kwabasetyhini, akunjalo? I-NAD inokuba nezinto ezikhuthazayo ezibandakanyekayo. Ekuphela kwento efunekayo kukuba umntu aphakame ayise iCawe enkundleni ngenxa yocalucalulo, kwaye ngokwethiyori banokuphulukana nenqanaba labo le-501 (c) (3) ngenxa yoko, kwaye oko kunokukhokelela ekubeni babe netyala lemali eninzi kwiirhafu ezingemva, nto leyo enokukhokelela ekuthinjweni kwempahla ukuba abanako ukuyihlawula. Sithetha apha malunga neebhiliyoni zeedola!
Ukumisela abafazi, ngokuqinisekileyo, akulususi ucalucalulo olujoliswe kumafanasini kubunkokeli. Kodwa ngokwenyani, ndicinga ukuba "iqhinga" kwenye indawo. Kukho iwaka lezinye iicawa ezibugxekayo ubufanasini, kwaye mhlawumbi aziyi kutshintsha loo mbono ngokukhawuleza.
Noko ke, isibakala sokuba iCawa inyanzelekile ukuba ilungelelanise inkqubo yayo yokutshintsha imithetho ukuze igcine iwonga 501(c)(3) iyishiya ikwimeko eyingozi. Xa umbandela ufika ekugcinweni kweCawa, kuko konke ukulalanisa kwayo okungokweecawa iya kusala yodwa nezinto ezimbini ezinokukhetha kuzo: ukutshintshela kwiCawa, okanye ukulahlekelwa yiyo yonke into—imali, ipropati, iicawa, izikolo, izibhedlele—uyibiza ngamagama. Yiya ngqo entolongweni-ungadluli GO, musa ukuqokelela $200. ISeventh-day Adventist ethembekileyo iya kuqonda ukuba nokuba yeyiphi indlela, iBandla elilungelelanisiweyo aliyi kufikelela kumasango eperile. 
Ngoku sithe sathetha ngesihloko somthetho weCawe, ndingakhankanya nokuba sele ulungile njengalapho. Iza kunye ne-Obamacare, ukuguqulwa kwezempilo okanye umsebenzi "wokuzibamba kunye nokuguqulwa" u-Ellen G. White aprofetha ngayo. Olona suku luchaziweyo kwizifundo zethu zomda wexesha, kodwa ndiza kuyigcina ingcaciso ecacileyo yoko kwelinye inqaku. Kwanele ukuthetha ukuba isilingi setyala yayingumqobo wokugqibela othembekileyo owawuthintela i-Obamacare, kwaye ngoku ayinakunqandwa.
Umfundisi uAndrew Henriques uphonononga eminye imiba echukumisayo yesi siprofeto sika-Ellen G. White intshumayelo yakutshanje. Kwaye kwakhona sinokubona ngokubuyela umva indlela uMoya oyiNgcwele awayemkhokela ngayo uJohn Scotram koko wakuthethayo kwintshumayelo yakhe malunga noMoya oyiNgcwele. Umthetho weCawe uyeza ngo-2013. Isenokuba ayikhange ibonakale njengale nto wena okanye besiyilindele, kodwa nangona kunjalo izinto zenzeke kanye ngexesha elifanelekileyo.
Ngoko ke, isimilo sebali sikukuba akuhlawulisi ukulalanisa oko kulungileyo ngenxa yenzuzo yemali okanye oko kubizwa ngokuba lumanyano. Uya kuphelela ekubeni nguwe osuka ekunene, okanye uzifumane usengozini ngabo uye walalanisa nabo.