Shelby is a former RAT politician who switched to the GOP after the '94 GOP landslide because it became extremely difficult to win statewide elections in Alabama as a RAT candidate, and has admitted he only votes for the "social issues stuff" because he "has to" in a state like Alabama.
In short, I doubt he cares.
The better man lost in the 1986 Senate race, Admiral Jeremiah Denton.
I didn’t hear he said that about social issues. He used those words?
In any case, his true colors are showing. Don’t trust him. Don’t trust Kennedy in Louisiana.
If Alabama was more competitive I’d bet dollars to donuts Shelby would still be a rat. There’s people that switch for convenience and people that switch genuinely (or both).