Shein: I never hold with “The Seforim.” They are too unpredictable.
Let me clarify: when I said criticize, I was in no way referring to matters of halacha. Perhaps you are extrapolating erroneously from my comments on the B110 thread.
Kiddush/chillul Hashem applies to ANYTHING we do that would that would degrade the Jewish (and by extension, Hashem’s) image – pushing past people on line, making a ruckus in the street, treating goyim as inferior, v’chulay.
As an aside, I think most goyim don’t criticize us for our “backwardness.” Aderaba – nowadays, many I know wish THEY had some of our policies concerning T.V., kibbud av v’eim, dating, etc. But maybe I only know the decent ones.
I don’t think any Jew ever did anything in violation of gay rights.