BERNIE SANDERS’ GAY RIGHTS RECORD NOT AS GOOD AS HIS SUPPORTERS MIGHT IMAGINE: As Gay Rights Ally, Bernie Sanders Wasn’t Always in Vanguard.

Mr. Sanders, who first publicly endorsed gay marriage in 2009, expressed varying levels of support for gay rights as he rose from the mayor of liberal Burlington to a congressman and then a senator with statewide support among more socially conservative constituencies such as hunters, blue-collar workers and older voters.

Hey, not everybody can be as progressive on gay rights as Dick Cheney.