Country Of Georgia’s Parliament Approves “LGBTQ Propaganda” Law To Ban Pride Events, Rainbow Flags

Reuters reports:

Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the third and final reading of a law on “family values and the protection of minors” that would impose sweeping curbs on LGBT rights. The bill would provide a legal basis for authorities to outlaw Pride events and public displays of the LGBT rainbow flag, and to impose censorship of films and books.

Leaders of the governing Georgian Dream party say it is needed to safeguard traditional moral standards in Georgia, whose deeply conservative Orthodox Church is highly influential.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili [photo], a critic of Georgian Dream whose powers are mostly ceremonial, has indicated that she will block the bill. But Georgian Dream and its allies have enough seats in parliament to override her veto.

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We welcome the @CommissionerHR‘s letter to the Parliament of #Georgia highlighting how the proposed anti-LGBTI law, soon to be voted into law, greatly restricts the rights and freedoms of LGBTI people in Georgia. https://t.co/pZbO0f12F0

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On Tuesday, Georgian lawmakers passed a law restricting LGBT rights, including banning Pride events, public displays of the LGBT flag, and censoring related media. The ruling Georgian Dream party supports the law as a means to uphold traditional moral values. pic.twitter.com/OW97ODbhQU

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