Georgia Enacts Anti-LGBT 'Family Values' Law Despite President's Veto and EU Warnings

Oct 3, 2024, 08:06 AM

On October 2, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili vetoed the 'Family Values and Protection of Minors' bill, a controversial law banning LGBT propaganda that was passed by Parliament on September 17. Despite her veto and warnings from the European Union, parliamentary speaker Shalva Papuashvili signed the bill into law on October 3, citing Georgia's 'centuries-old Christian traditions of Georgia and Europe.' The legislation bans same-sex marriages, adoption by same-sex couples, gender transitions, and 'LGBT propaganda in education and media.' The United Nations has urged Georgian authorities to repeal the law.