Ok - so he still is conservative. I don't see it - unless you think that gays should be segregated (gay only fountains, waiting rooms), gays shouldn't vote, or should be refused a job or fired for reasons of being gay....Goldwater never took a stand for special rights, he just felt that everyone should have the same right under the Constitution and as to civil rights, there shouldn't be special government race programs.
Pretty conservative...and JFK was never than far right.