Welcome to Tehran, Utah!

If you're not a fan of theocracy or the Iranian lifestyle, please don't move to Utah.

In our very scenic state, Mormons still accounted for nearly 90 percent of the state Legislature when its annual session began this week, giving members of the bizarre faith an disproportionate influence in a state that is becoming slightly more diverse in terms of religion.

That's correct, Mormon legislators occupy 91 of the 104 seat available, even though their church can only claim a 62% market share out of the 3.1 million Utahans. There used to be 70% Mormons out of 1.5 million people, when I first moved to Park City in 1985.

Thank God, that hegemony has decreased a bit in spite of its enormous birthrate. Now, can we say that patriarchal and theocratic Utah is as bad as Iran?

Perhaps not quite, with a lesbian mayor at the helm of Salt Lake City, its capital, and another female mayor leading Salt Lake County, but aside from Salt Lake and Summit counties, where Park City is located, conservatism still reigns supreme.

This said, it would be nice to see our legislature less rigged towards the “Mormon Mullahs” and more reflective of the prevailing faiths or lack thereof, all over the state.

I guess Utahans need to vote more intelligently!