I think that's why Diaz was a powerful entrenched STATE legislator, but was a non-starter at the federal level. He only got 14% in the RAT primary for Congress and came in a distant third, there was no way RATS were going to let an outspoken pro-life, pro-traditional marriage minister be the face of their party in Congress.
He seems to the NY equivalent of what "Rev. James Meeks" is here in Illinois. Meeks was a black Democrat and pastor of some Baptist megachurch who loved to beat his chest in the Illinois State Senate about how how pro-life and pro-traditional marriage he was. Of course he looked the other way when his BFF Obama lit up the White House in rainbow colors to gloat about legalizing homo "marriage" nationwide.
As for Diaz, his son Rubén Díaz, Jr. was recently elected Bronx president, so he'd be a credible candidate for Mayor of NYC in the future. I dunno if he shares daddy's views on social issues, or if he pretends to do so, like that scumbag "Bob Casey Jr" pulled in Penn.
IIRC, Díaz Jr. publicly expressed his disagreement with his father’s views on abortion and “gay rights” about ten years ago, when he ran for borough president or something like that.