2. Is the judge, being gay, not being objective, and should she have recused herself considering her pro-homosexual activities, even if just for appearance's sake?
Do you have any evidence that the judge is:
a) Homosexual
b) Engaged in pro-homosexual activities?
Yes she was the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Bar Association's annual dinner in 2000, but that doens't mean she's gay. My father was the keynote speaker at a recent Holocaust memorial, and he's neither Jewish nor a Holocaust survivor. The article you supplied does not provide any support to your claim that she is a Homosexual.
If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist!
*not an actual doctor