The ruling Georgian Dream party announced the bill in March, drawing condemnation from LGBT activists and human rights groups. The debate on this topic occurs at a time of high political tension in the country, after weeks of huge protests against a bill on “foreign agents”, which was sanctioned this week.
The proposed measures are likely to raise EU and US concerns about Georgia’s political direction following its criticism of the foreign agents law, which its critics consider repressive and Russian-inspired.
Interpress quoted Papuashvili as saying the bill would also ban non-heterosexual people from adopting children and prevent changing gender on identity documents. Public gatherings that promote same-sex relationships would also be banned.
The bill aims to ban “LGBT propaganda” in the educational system and prevent broadcasters from showing intimate scenes involving same-sex relationships.
Georgia, a predominantly Orthodox Christian nation, is socially conservative, with polls indicating that the majority of the population disapprove of same-sex relationships.
By Ezatamentchy
Source: Maxima
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