Continuing...... That's why mercy becomes confusing to this line of thought.  It's just ignoring God's immutable law so that someone can feel better while they sin, right?  Never mind looking to see if they are loving, or trying to love, or trying to pray despite being told that the law says you are evil from the jump. Never mind whether gay or divorced people actually succeed in bettering the lives of those around them.  Never mind whether women are truly leaders and guides, true confectors of the Body of Christ.  And never mind the mercy shown me by a God who knows my daily sinfulness.  All of that pales before immutable law and the need to tell others that "God can't love you like that. God can only love you in the way I tell you, because God has revealed that (immutably) to me."
When the law excludes people from a church that names itself Universal, I'll question it in faith. When (always sinful) people love, I'll uphold that.  Because I've been taught to be Catholic.