His “stunts” were asserting the right to religious expression and standing up to the unconstitutional homofascist edict from SCOTUS. We need more courageous judges like him.
Your post explains why he lost that election. Regardless of whether he was right or wrong, the reality is that very few voters think that’s the most important thing for their legislators to deal with. I’m sure the general consensus among them was: “We elected you to public office and you got thrown out over a stupid statue of the Ten Commandments in a public building? You’ve got to be kidding me.”