Congress Should Rescind Utah Statehood for Non-Compliance

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Letter to Editor in SL Tribune, March 25, 2010Hopefully, most Utahns remember enough about our state’s history to recall that Congress insisted on two conditions that would have to be met before the Utah Territory could attain statehood. First, we’d have to renounce that “relic of barbarism,” polygamy. Second, we’d have to prove that we had a working two-party system where religious leaders weren’t calling all the shots politically.

Now, 114 years later, polygamy is practiced openly, and we have reverted to a one-party state that is heavily influenced by the predominant religion. Therefore, since we have reneged on the original agreement, I propose that Congress initiate proceedings to rescind statehood. That would save Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, and other legislators all the time they currently spend trying to secede.

M.J. Ogden

North Ogden

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