I think the real problem here is that Florida, which for a number of years now has had a Republican controlled legislature and a GOP governor, has still put liberals in top judicial positions throughout the state.
Knowing the Florida Supreme Court....Ryan and Liberty Counsel have a decided disadvantage....the Florida Supreme Court is very left...and that has not changed with Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist in the Governor’s mansion. Never forget Gore v Bush 2000 fiasco...the court pretty much is still the same make-up
This is nothing new. During the Terri Schiavo case, few people were reporting (and willing to accept) that many of the people who were working against...and ruling against...the Schindler family were Republicans....the judge who made the final decision to kill Terri....the GOP state legislators who pushed legislation that made it easier to kill Terri...were Republicans.
Florida may be a state dominated by the GOP....but they surely are not conservative. This is a major problem...and why you see Florida continually moving left
We have the same problem here in VA. We have too many weak conservatives in localities. Usually it is the big spending kind not the socially liberal kind.