If Santorum didn’t have a problem with this man being homosexual, I don’t see why voters who might support Fred Thompson would.
I hadn’t heard of this guy before, but certainly Santorum was not someone who had any interest in gay rights. I have friends and colleagues in my field who happen to be homosexual. I don’t admire that aspect of their lives, but I’m not going to refuse to speak to them because of it.
In the past I have hired one or two people who were lesbian or homosexual, because they were best qualified for the jobs in question, and because they were not committed to gay activism.
If this guy is good at his job and is not a gay activist, then I don’t see that it’s really relevant.