U.S. Ambassador Backs Section 53 Decision; Glad It Wasn’t Appealed

Carlos Moreno

Ambassador Moreno also had thumbs up for the Government’s decision not to appeal the judgment of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin on August tenth regarding consenting sexual acts in private between partners of differing and same sexes:

Carlos Moreno, U.S. Ambassador to Belize

“I fully agree with the decision that was made last Friday. I think that decision is precedent-setting; I fully agree with it. The position of the U.S. government is that same-sex relationships – what’s done in the bedroom, really – involves matters of privacy and so forth, that in cases of consenting adults, really should not implicate law enforcement.”