Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about it in all those years, I just thought, why the hell shouldn't they serve? They're American citizens. As long as they're not doing things that are harmful to anyone else... So I came out for it.


Washington Post interview (1994)

Barry Goldwater Quotes

Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about...

Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about...

Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about...

Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about...