Who cares if she's gay, as long as she's qualified to do her job. It's not like he appointed her to be pope or to head up his traditional-family-values program or something.
When a social deviant is elevated to a position of high public trust and government leadership that appointment denigrates the electorate's trust in public governance and erodes the social fabric of the society.
A similar leveling downward occurred when an unscrupulous individual, the reputed architect of an unnecessary, multimillion dollar, state contract ostensibly approved for a recipricol, $25K campaign donation, is appointed to be the chief of staff of the next executive.
The Kennedy appointment is a genuine twofer. And yes, many in California care.