The thing that amazes me about Goldwater was this was a man born in 1909 and yet he was much more open minded about gays and gay rights than many younger Republicans including Mr. Pawlenty who was four years old when Goldwater ran for president. I’ve read that former President Ford and Mrs. Ford also were for gay rights too. I’ve said it before but I’ll never respect Ronald Reagan since he’s the one who married the Republican Party to these people. I wouldn’t have been a Ford/Nixon Republican but by God, at least they didn’t rely on religious bigotry to get votes.