PRESS RELEASE

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Today the Utah Log Cabin Republicans join with all other Utah LGBT organizations in thanking the Salt Lake City Council for their unanimous support of Mayor Ralph Becker’s anti-discrimination ordinances. These ordinances will go a long way to bring fair treatment of all citizens in employment and housing. We salute the Utah Human Right Commission for their tireless work in bringing these issues to the Council.

Utah LCR also wants to recognize the support of the LDS church and all other religious organizations in the state that also support such efforts. Many of us in the Utah LGBT community have felt alienated from our religious roots because of our sexual orientation and/or identity, and this open public support brings us great comfort and hope for a better tomorrow.

We are working with a number of Utah Republican lawmakers to bring similar legislation to the entire state. Utah LCR encourages all Utah citizens to contact their legislators to voice their support for these initiatives. We also invite anyone interested in making a change in how Utah grows in the future to join the Log Cabin effort to register many within the LGBT community as Republicans and get them involved as delegates and precinct chairs. For more information contact Melvin Nimer at ut@logcabin.org or at 801-613-8359.