Boyd K Packer passes away

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I have a question and I'm not sure it's terribly proper in a thread like this, but I'll ask anyway.

Should, and I mean in any sort of general way, this man's passing, or any man's passing in Packer's role, have any sort of meaning for a non-Mormon living in Utah?

I guess to shorten the question, should I care? And I don't mean this pejoratively. Certainly noteworthy and newsworthy, and meaningful for those of the LDS faith, but I wonder if there I should give any more thought to this over, say, a known Hollywood celebrity's death.

Maybe you should. If he's replaced by leaders that want to edge the church out of public policy making then that might have one effect on your life, if he's replaced by leaders who want to get even more involved in public policy making then that could have a very different effect.