Saudi Arabia and the UAE have demanded edits to the film before allowing it to open, while Lebanon and Kuwait have moved to ban it outright, saying it contradicts their conservative values.
The Hezbollah-backed minister said the film was found to "promote homosexuality and sexual transformation" and "contradicts values of faith and morality."
Thau refers in a new book to LGBT people as a "new culture of eliminating the family" and a "crime against humanity."
The children of LGBT families spoke out against Welfare Minister Yaakov Mergi's statements against LGBT families being allowed to adopt.
Welfare Minister Yaakov Mergi claimed that allowing LGBTQ couples to adopt would "add complexities" to a child's life.
“God does not reward those who bring terror to the children of the world. So you have succeeded in nothing but your soul’s failure,” O'Connor wrote.
The law also bans post-surgery transgender people from adopting children and annuls the marriages of post-surgery transgender people.
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