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Section 57 Judgement Appeal Still Wending Through Court
posted (August 3, 2018)
So, while the gay community gets ready to celebrate gay pride, UNIBAM's Executive Director, Caleb Orozco, is preparing to defend his Supreme Court victory at the Court of Appeal.

2 years ago, Chief Justice Benjamin decriminalized sexual acts between 2 consenting same-sex adults. The Catholic Church was supposed to have been the litigant to challenge that substantive ruling at the Court of Appeal, but as we told you, earlier this year, the Church abandoned the case.

So, that leaves a limited appeal from the Government of Belize, where the Attorney General's Ministry will challenge the Chief Justice's interpretation of sex in the Belize Constitution to include sexual orientation.

The Court of Appeal scheduled a case management conference a few days ago for the remaining litigants, and today, Caleb Orozco, the claimant in the Section 53 case, told us that the full hearing will take place on October 29th:

We'll be there for the appeal, and we'll tell you how it goes.

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