Salt Lake City major, Ralph Becker, approved and signed two non-discrimination ordinances Tuesday. The ordinances ban discrimination of housing and employment based on sexual orientation.
![Ralph Becker Salt Lake City mayor Ralph Becker signs ordinances for the city banning housing and employment discrimination. Photo courtesy of KSL.com.](https://www.ohiofusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Ralph_BeckerX390-300x219.jpg)
“This is a great moment … in the history of Salt Lake City,” Becker told reporters, according to the Deseret News. “Part of our success as a community is all of us living together and respecting each other.”
His signing makes them the first in the state to prohibit LGBT discrimination.
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-Kim Brown