Very good point! Nothing wrong about a gay person serving as a judge. Nothing! However it is only right that any party appearing before Judge Carlson in a family matter, especially where child custody or life style  issues are present, should be made aware of his alternative life style, in order to decide whether to exercise their legal right to recuse the judge and have another judge assigned their case. It is called a peremptory challenge where no expressed reason need be given. It is used all the time when a party to a court action has reason to believe that a judge may be biased but the person may not have enough to challenge for cause. They simply thank and excuse the judge. Judge Carlson portrayed himself as a heterosexual for many years when he knew he was not. Many parties to domestic relation actions in his court came away feeling they were mistreated and then found out that they lacked information when it came to deciding whether to exercise their peremptory challenge.