That didn't take long.
Earlier this week, the ranking Republican member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jeff Sessions from Alabama, said having a Supreme Court Justice with "gay tendencies" might be okay.
Yesterday, Sessions walked that back, via Think Progress:
Yesterday on Fox News, Sessions initially sounded accepting of a gay nominee, saying, “Republicans do not believe in identity politics.” But he immediately qualified his statement, adding that a gay nominee would be a “big concern”:Jeff Sessions and his fellow right-wingers spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about gay issues. They're very confused.Q: On the question of a gay nominee, one person is noted as saying that he believes it is a bridge too far to have a gay nominee.
SESSIONS: Well, I think that would be a big concern that the American people might feel — might feel uneasy about that. It is a matter for the president to decide.