I think this blog makes a very important and necessary observation about the universality of the Church. Many people misinterpret universality to think that their actions do not matter, that there are no rules that they have to follow to be a part of the Church. The Church does not discriminate against people in the slightest; however, it does discriminate against people's actions. Discriminate implies that there is little or not justification for an action, and is probably not the right word for this situation. The Church condemns sinner's actions rightly.
Another observation that I think would help this blog would be that all people can follow these rules that the Church imposes upon them. After seeing this article, one might object by saying that the rules cannot be followed. For example, the author brings up the example of someone having to wash their hands in order to eat dinner at their house. What if the rule was that they would have to steal the Mona Lisa, put it back, then steal it again, and then sit down at the dinner? Kind of ridiculous right. However this is not the case. These "rules" the author I keep referring to are capable of being followed by every single human being. For example, the Church does not want unmarried people of different sexes to cohabit before marriage. All humans have the ability to not partake in this activity--it's not an impossible sanction by any means.
The Church is a universal Church. Although it has rules, these rules are also universal.
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