"Those who want clarity rather than rigor, mandated orders rather than calls to discernment, thoughtless compliance rather than thoughtful analysis . . . ."

Some want cleaner, fairer logic.  To say that clarity is opposed to rigor is ill-thought out.  Indeed, clarity is a high-placed virtue; it allows communication.   Rigor is sometimes needed to achieve clarity.  

Next you talk about "mandated orders" versus "calls to to discernment."  When Jesus said there was to be no divorce except on grounds of unfaithfulness, and that those who divorced and remarried were guilty of adultery, was he not clear, and issuing an order rather than a "call to discernment."  Why, then, is Burke criticized when he repeats what Christ says?  And called Pharisaic to boot!  Some people just don't like what Jesus said, and they call those who remind us of what Jesus said "Pharisees" and "rigid."