Moq, I am glad you got my point about each community having their skeletons. Wasn’t there a Rav who came out saying it was ok to cheat on your taxes?
As to the statement of priniciples regarding homosexuality – I actually think its an important statement. It does NOT say homosexuality is ok. It says that a person of homosexual orientation should not be discriminated BASED ON HIS ORIENTATION. It says nothing of his actions.
A person should not be “outed” as a homosexual with the exception of a girl he is dating. A person should not be ostracized based on his orientation, if he does not act on it. If someone had a strong desire for cheeseburgers but didn’t eat them, would we say he isn’t keeping kosher? Homosexuals deserve to be treated as human beings. If they sin, we treat them as any sinners. But we should look within to see what kind of toeva we are doing (like business ethics).
IMO Rabbi Riskin is a great Rav. We will have to disagree there.