I agree that this issue should not be ignored. I know which “frum” guy in Albany you’re referring to, and I agree that the likely answer is viHaKesef Yaaneh Es HaKol and that this is wrong. I also agree that small fires can easily lead to big ones.
But I am hopeful that BE”H these fires will be put out, not that they will be stoked and intentionally spread. We will see, BE”H, as this unfolds, and a new President can certainly turn things around, if he wishes to do so.
Regardless, **we** are certainly incomparable to sedom, and even the secular culture around us is, at this point, very, very much incomparable to sedom.