The Salt Lake City Council has adopted three new flags of pride to bypass Utah flights on such flags in public schools, universities and government buildings.
The council members approved the move through a bylaw during a formal meeting on Tuesday.
The three new city flags are: The SEEGO Celebration flag, on behalf of June, the flag belonging to the flag, representative of the LGBT+ residents, and the SEEGO flag, which represents Transgender’s rights.
Sego Lily, the city’s most well -known symbol, is in the upper corner of the designs.
These flags were selected because their versions were previously displayed in the City Hall. They fly beside the Utah and the US flags.
“The flags of our city are the powerful symbols that show Salt City’s values,” said Erin Mandenhale, the mayor of Salt Lake City, a Democrat. “I want all the Lakers salts to look at these flags and remind us that we appreciate diversity, justice and inclusion – no doubt that we are united and move together as a city and people.”
Earlier this year, Utah state lawmakers passed the 77th Majlis bill, which restricted the types of flags that can be shown in government property and led council members to approve the proposal.
“Like other civil symbols, these flags reflect our common humanity and the values that help everyone feel they belong to them,” said Chris Warton, head of the Salt City Council Lake.
“While the government has restricted that public buildings can fly, I am happy that we can still maintain our community values in the law.”
In a statement on the approval of the Bill 77 Majlis, the US Civil Liberty Union said: “This is not the flags but about the other and the erase of LGBTQ+ from public life … Today, these flags are pride. Tomorrow, it can be very wider restrictions on speech, education or expression for even more.”
The state law was expected to be implemented Wednesday. In the event of breach, authorities can fly $ 500 a day to government buildings or local government that fly, with unauthorized ads. The authorized flags include the government and the military flag. There is a short list of exceptions.
