Smith and Young weren't against each other...
Not sure what your point is here... I just point out that Huntsman's whole candidacy seems to be an animus against Romney. Which I have no problem with, Romney is such a loathesome, horrid creature that even other Mormons hate him.
I for the life of me don't know why Huntsman is even calling himself a Republican at this point. He gave up that right when he went to go work for Barry.
More than half my point was an attempt at warped humor - I recall some sort of rift between the followers of Brigham Young and those who followed Joseph Smith when the cult was in its formative years. I don't think it was quite the rift that the arms dealers for todays Sunnis and Shiites enjoy, but I do believe a rift exists.
That being said, I have no clue (nor do I care) if Huntsman or Romney have issues in that direction - I wanted the damn joke.
After Joseph Smith was killed, Brigham Young became leader of the main group of LDS. Smith's son, Joseph Smith III, attempted to claim leadership, but he was too young at the time. Another fellow named Strang formed an offshoot group, and after he was assassinated, Smith took leadership and formed the reorganized church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints. It is today known as the Community of Christ Church. Other followers of Strang continued on with their own Church. IN addition to the Latter Day Saints cult that Romney and Huntsman belong to, there are a dozen or so offshoots.
The RCLDS stayed in IL, while the CJCLDS moved out to Utah and more hilarity ensued.
That said, I think that the animosity between the two men is personal and not theological. Both come from powerful Mormon families, and Huntsman probably wonders why he as a more accomplished governor, is putzing around at 1% while Romney is a sometimes frontrunner.