re: #70 SixDegrees

FWIW, when DADT was being debated in Congress - where it faced stiff opposition on both sides of the aisle - Barney Frank, who favored seeking a compromise between keeping the existing policy of complete intolerance of homosexuality in the military and a complete lifting of the policy, was joined in his efforts by Conservatism’s dean, Barry Goldwater - who argued that a complete repeal of the ban was the proper course of action.

Being something of a Goldwater fan, I note with sadness that the social conservatives pretty much killed off all of us Goldwater types.