text: I know many practicing Catholics who attend Mass regularly that reject the Catholic Church’s teachings on birth control and homosexuality…just to name two.
  
  Each individual has the capacity to embrace spiritual beliefs without feeling beholden to what a human contrived Church tells them they should or should not do in their daily lives.
  
  I say good for Jules.  I have never met him but I am impressed with his reported intellectual curiosity and rigor.  I think he is demonstrating the capacity a Mayor needs to be strong in his convictions while being secure enough in his being to nuance the black and white choices a Mayor confronts on a daily basis.