When not in use, the apostolic litters are kept in a quite ordinary warehouse located, along with other secret General Authority treasures, in a granite bunker up a mountain canyon from the Salt Lake Valley.
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No, they don\u2019t fly in private warp-speed rocket craft \u2014 though that is a perfectly understandable first guess. \u00a0In reality, the Queen Mary leaves its berth in Long Beach twice annually, around April and October of each year, and sails to Salt Lake City. \u00a0While it is in Utah, it is moored directly east of the Beehive House and the Lion House, so as to keep it out of sight of the gullible masses. \u00a0Immediately upon completion of a given conference session, members of the Twelve and the First Presidency are quickly carried over to the Queen Mary in individual litters or palanquins, each borne by six or more carefully selected mute slaves. \u00a0Then, when the lavish feast is finished, they are borne swiftly back to the Conference Center where they assume their plush velvet chairs yet again.<\/p>\n
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Such is the life, according to at least a few critics of the Church, of its leaders.<\/p>\n
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