Joseph Smith example not applicable as the Word of Wisdom initially wasn't instituted for complete constraint.....
Here is why it is ironic...
The church still practices polygamy. A man is still allowed to join himself in polygamous sealings. Couple the current doctrine, and policy with the past and you find the irony of a church throwing it's weight behind an amendment that calls for traditional marriage to be between 'a' woman and 'a' man.....
If the church truly had disavowed itself from polygamy, like it has alcohol, like it has the thought of coming to Zion, as it has the law of consecration, naturally no irony would exist, but since it has not, and continues to allow for polygamous sealings, it's wholly ironic....
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