Articles about Attorney General

16 May 2013
Belize: Attorney General wraps up in sodomy law Supreme Court case + The Attorney General wrapped up in the case challenging Belize's anti-sodomy law, during which the Supreme Court heard arguments from attorneys pushing for the country to remove the law, citing its unconstitutionality.
24 April 2013
US: NFL agrees to better protection for gay players against discrimination + The US National Football League (NFL) has agreed, in an unprecedented move, to better protect gay players against discrimination and harassment, the New York Attorney General has said.
20 April 2013
US: Second lawsuit filed against florist which refused to serve same-sex wedding couple 34 A second lawsuit has been filed against a florist in the US state of Washington which refused to provide its services to a same-sex wedding, citing religious objections.
18 April 2013
UK: Court of Appeal to review sentence of man who burnt gay teenager to death 12 The Attorney General's Office has told PinkNews.co.uk that a decision of a judge to hand down a three and a half year sentence for the killing of a gay teenager has now been referred to the Court of Appeal.
25 March 2013
UK: Attorney general asked to review ‘unduly lenient sentence’ for the killing of gay teenager Steven Simpson 28 The attorney general has been asked to review a decision of a judge to hand down a three and a half year sentence for the killing of a gay teenager who was burnt to death.
19 October 2012
Attorney general apologises for suggesting gay people are a bit ‘weird’ 40 The Conservative frontbencher Dominic Grieve has been accused of using “language of the 19th century” during an Oxford Union debate with the Labour MP Chris Bryant.
27 September 2012
New York: Same-sex marriage case heard in appeals court 3 A New York lawyer for the Justice Department was made, by a federal appeals panel to explain the US government's decision behind ceasing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
8 September 2012
Connecticut, New York and Vermont to challenge anti-equality law 5 Vermont is the latest US state to sign a legal bid requesting an appeals court to rule that the legal definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional.

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