Thursday, March 17, 2016

Georgia: Stop Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage - URGENT ACTION

Amnesty International

     The Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, announced on 7 March that the ruling coalition “Georgian Dream” had agreed to go ahead with their plans to amend the Constitution and define marriage as explicitly a union between a man and a woman. The Prime Minister explained this change to be in “the defence of such an important value as marriage”. Eighty out of 150 Members of Parliament signed the amendment proposal which was submitted to the Bureau of the Parliament on 10 March and registered on 14 March.

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