How Politicians Have Shifted With Polls on Gay Rights

Like America, politicians have evolved on gay rights since the 1990s. Some -- like Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who as a college student in 1992 admitted to how he once "hated gays" -- did their evolving earlier than others. And some -- like Chuck Hagel, who will have to answer questions about his late-1990s comments about gays in the military -- had a lot more evolving to do. But both men have moved with their country. Acceptance of lesbians and gays has changed a lot in the past quarter of a...Full Story