A simple quote
 

"I say let the national solons amend the Constitution, to punish and insult and degrade this little handful of men who are rapidly passing away, and when they shall see the magnitude of their acts compared with the insignificance of the cause, they and their historians will laugh at their folly, and write them down asses in the broadest sense."

Quote is from Joseph F. Smith, President of the LDS church, in 1904, speaking against a proposed Constitutional amendment that would ban polygamy.

In a church that is ever-changing and adapting, in 2006, the LDS church would support (and request support from its members) essentially the very same constitutional amendment that Joseph F. Smith opposed.

Rarely do we have such an example of original Mormonism colliding with neo-Mormonism.

It does seem that the magnitude of passing a constitutional amendment to block a practice forsaken 15 years earlier by a relatively isolated group constituting roughly .5% of the US population might count as somewhat out of proportion.

I agree with Joseph F.

I'm going to find a way to quote that in a sacrament meeting talk someday, so I can quote a prophet calling someone "asses".

9 times out of 10, Neo-Mormonism is better.

Additionally, copy Elder Maxwell's Oct 1976 conference intro:

If we're going the apostle route, we may as well start quoting J. Golden Kimball.

When I was at BYU, Marvin J Ashton told a story about when he called someone a Jackass, which is pretty mild, but still amused and/or shocked many of the listeners.

His grandson had me pull down my pants in front of him when I was a kid.













He was my doctor.