The speaker of the Georgian parliament signed into a law Thursday a bill that severely curtails LGBTQ+ rights in the country and mirrors legislation adopted in neighboring Russia.
Shalva Papuashvili, the parliament speaker, said on social media that the legislation does “not reflect current, temporary, changing ideas and ideologies, but is based on common sense, historical experience and centuries-old Christian, Georgian and European values.”
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili had refused to sign the bill and returned it to parliament on Wednesday. It was introduced by the governing Georgian Dream party and approved by lawmakers last month.
The bill includes bans on same-sex marriages, adoptions by same-sex couples and public endorsement and depictions of LGBTQ+ relations and people in the media. It also bans gender-affirming care and changing gender designations in official documents.
Their gouvernement has been overtaken by russia using soft power. IIRC there is an upcoming election, hopefully the people will seise back their power then. If the Kremlin doesn’t succeed in their propaganda…
Yes the guy in the photo looks like a priest, and FSB has taken control of the Russian Orthodox church.
That’s just one way Russia is influencing previous Soviet states. Hopefully Russia will fail, if not now, then when they lose the war against Ukraine.