加拿大某小镇的市政委员会投票否决了一条彩虹人行横道的提议，但市民们发现了一个漏洞

While we can most likely agree that equality (even though our society has never been more equal than nowadays) in its essence is a utopian idea, even if that is actually true, this idea still serves a beautiful purpose of always motivating us to try to do better and to be better ourselves. After all, as the saying goes, you do have to start changing and making yourself better to change the world. Residents Of Chilliwack, British Columbia took this saying quite literally and decided to be the change themselves. Despite the City Council voting down the idea of a rainbow crosswalk earlier this fall, they went the extra mile to find a loophole in the law that allowed them to do that.

虽然我们可以最有可能同意平等(尽管我们社会从来没有比现在更加平等)的本质是一个乌托邦式的想法,即使这是真的,这种想法仍然是一个美丽的目的，总是激励我们努力做得更好,成为更好的自己。毕竟，正如俗话所说，你必须开始改变，让自己变得更好来改变世界。不列颠哥伦比亚省奇利瓦克的居民把这句话当真了，决定自己来改变一下。尽管市议会在今年秋天早些时候投票否决了彩虹人行横道的想法，但他们还是付出了更多努力，在法律中找到了一个漏洞，让他们可以这么做。

The citizens of Chilliwack, British Columbia painted 16 rainbow crosswalks around the town

不列颠哥伦比亚省奇利瓦克的居民在镇上画了16条彩虹人行横道

Image credits: Marty van den Bosch

The city council of the Canadian town of Chilliwack voted down a proposal to install a rainbow crosswalk in September 2019. They argued it would be seen as a political statement and therefore would have a great potential of dividing people. But that didn’t stop the citizens from making it happen it anyway as they managed to find the loophole in this whole plot. Apparently, since the city doesn’t have jurisdiction over private lands, it is possible to do it on privately owned property. People took this opportunity and made 16 rainbow crosswalks in total this way.

2019年9月，加拿大奇利瓦克市议会否决了一项安装彩虹人行横道的提案。他们认为，这将被视为一种政治声明，因此将有很大的分裂人民的潜力。但这并没有阻止市民们让它发生，无论如何，他们设法找到了整个法律的漏洞。显然，既然城市对私有土地没有管辖权，在私有财产上也可以这样做。人们抓住这个机会，用这种方式走了16条彩虹人行横道。

They took it upon themselves to find a loophole in the law that would allow them to do that

他们自己承担起责任，在法律上找到一个漏洞，使他们可以那样做

Image credits: Marty van den Bosch

After the city council voted down a proposal to install a rainbow crosswalk in the city

市议会投票否决了在该市安装彩虹人行横道的提案

Image credits: Louis De Jaeger

Dissenters argued that the rainbow crosswalk would be seen as a political statement and divide people

持不同意见的人认为，彩虹人行横道将被视为一种政治声明，并分裂人民

Image credits: Derek Anthony Epp

Another resident, Marty van den Bosch, shared that he also painted a rainbow crosswalk on his property with his wife. He said that diversity is important to him because “Each and every one of us is different, often in many ways. I do my best to treat people based on their actions, and their words, not on things like their sexual orientation, race or any other attributes they were born as.” He also added that he supports the belief that everyone should be treated with respect, regardless of the differences and that people should only be judged by the way they speak of and treat others.

另一位居民马蒂·范登·博施说，他和妻子还在自己的房子上画了一条彩虹人行横道。他说，多样性对他来说很重要，因为“我们每个人都是不同的，通常在很多方面都是不同的。”我尽我最大的努力根据人们的行为和言语来对待他们，而不是根据他们的性取向、种族或其他任何与生俱来的属性。他还补充说，他支持这样一种信念，即每个人都应该得到尊重，不管他们之间有什么差异，人们应该只根据他们谈论和对待他人的方式来判断他们。

Despite that, people felt it was important to make this symbolic statement celebrating diversity

尽管如此，人们还是觉得发表这个象征性的声明来庆祝多样性是很重要的

Image credits: Derek Anthony Epp

Other cities in British Columbia are jumping in by painting rainbow crosswalks as well but the mastermind behind the Chilliwack’s rainbow crosswalk idea, Amber Price, has come up with an even grander idea. She said she’d love to see Chilliwack become a world record holder for the most rainbow sidewalks. With this dedication, it seems like everything is possible!

不列颠哥伦比亚省的其他城市也纷纷加入进来，画出了彩虹人行横道，但Chilliwack彩虹人行横道的幕后策划者Amber Price想出了一个更宏伟的主意。她说她很乐意看到Chilliwack成为彩虹人行道的世界纪录保持者。有了这份奉献，似乎一切皆有可能!