Georgia is the second Christian nation in history shortly following Armenia. Georgia, also known as Sakartvelo, became a Christian nation in the 4th century AD. The conversion to Christianity was initiated by Saint Nino, a female missionary who is believed to have been a relative of King Mirian III of Iberia, the ruler of Georgia at that time. According to tradition, Saint Nino arrived in Georgia in 327 AD and introduced Christianity to the royal family. King Mirian III was the first to convert, followed by his wife, Queen Nana, and eventually the entire court. In 334 AD, the king officially made Christianity the state religion of Georgia.
The conversion to Christianity played a significant role in shaping Georgian national identity and culture. Still, Georgia has not been without its struggles against sexual degeneracy, primarily promulgated by western powers. However, in a stunning Christian Nationalist win, the Georgian parliament
According to the Associated Press, in a profusely biased article:
The bill, introduced by the ruling party Georgian Dream earlier this year, 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.
The Orthodox Church wields great influence in Georgia, and demonstrations against the LGBTQ+ community are common. Last year, hundreds of opponents of gay rights stormed an LGBTQ+ festival in the Georgian capital, forcing the event’s cancellation. This year, tens of thousands marched in Tbilisi to promote “traditional family values.”
“Traditional family values” are also at the cornerstone of the Kremlin’s narrative in Russia, where authorities in the last decade banned public endorsement of “nontraditional sexual relations” as well as laws against gender-affirming care, among other measures. Its Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism by labeling what the authorities called the LGBTQ+ “movement” operating in Russia as an extremist organization and banning it.
The Associated Press would go on to lambast the Georgian Dream party for being Russian-influenced and attacked the Georgian parliament for passing a bill to compel lobbyists and NGOs to register as foreign agents if they receive more than 20% of their funding abroad. Clearly the Associated Press hates nationalism.
It seems as though President Salome Zourabichvili is not a Christian however. Al Jazeera notes:
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, whose powers are mostly ceremonial, has been a critic of Georgian Dream and indicated that she will block the bill.
However, Georgian Dream and its allies have enough seats in parliament to override her veto.
Earlier this year, the parliament successfully overrode the veto of its liberal president on foreign influence and is now poised to do the same regarding degeneracy. This is a massive Christian Nationalist W for Georgia.
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A bit disappointed this is not the state of Georgia but a win is a win.