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Show Coffee Drinkers Preferred Page 62 of 307 especially well liked. In my church this can only mean one thing: member of the Stake Presidency or higher. You have to understand that power and authority in my Church descends through very clearly delineated channels from God. It goes first to the Prophet and President of the church. Then to his two counselors. From there it oozes out over the Quorum of The Twelve Apostles. And from there, power soaks into the Quorum of the -Seventy. Yes, it sounds sci-fi. These are words that I grew up hearing all the time so they do not strike me with the strangeness I know some people feel when they hear them. From The Seventy it washes like an ocean over Regional Representatives and Stake Presidents. It never sloshes over even the toes of openly gay people. If you can envision power enveloping the world in light, in varying shades of brightness, leave ten percent of the globe in utter darkness because that's how much power and authority is invested in openly gay people in my church. The only other group that comes close to having as little power as openly gay people in my church is women. Ralph was now holding Eagle Scout's hand. Ralph was a Stake president or higher. I could easily find out if he was a member of The Seventy by bringing up a browser and scanning their photo bios. A lot of church members pride themselves on being able to name these leaders. I don't. To me it would be like memorizing |