The Parliament of Georgia returned to the discussion of the package of legislative amendments prepared against so-called LGBT propaganda.
On September 2, the legal issues committee will discuss the project, article by article, in the second reading, after which the issue will be discussed at the plenary session.
The legislative package consists of 19 bills. The main one of them is the project called “On Family Values and Protection of Minors”, and the remaining 18 are projects derived from it.
The author and initiators of the legislative package are the Chairman of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili and members of the majority: Mamuka Mdinaradze, Anri Okhanashvili, Rati Ionatamishvili, Maka Bochorishvili, Davit Matikashvili, Tengiz Sharmanashvili, Irakli Shatakishvili and Sozar Subari.
The majority explains that the purpose of initiating the draft law is to strengthen family values based on the union of men and women and mechanisms for the protection of minors.
The legislative package provides for the establishment of a number of prohibitions and restrictions.
To pass the amendments, the ruling party will need to secure at least 113 seats in the 150-member Parliament during the upcoming October 26 general elections.
The proposed amendments, if passed, will prohibit gatherings or the distribution of materials that “promote same-sex domestic or intimate relationships, incest, same-sex couples, or non-heterosexual individuals”.
They will also restrict the “promotion of adoption or foster care of minors by such individuals, medical interventions related to sex change, and non-use of gender-specific concepts.”
