Even the venerable Barry Goldwater changed his views on homosexuals in the military before his death. He asked a Taiwanese General, whose military is one of the highest trained and ready to fight in the world, what his country did about gays in the military. He replied,"Nothing." They did not care, and saw it as not hampering their fighting ability at all. I was in the Marines back in the early 70's, and knew there were gay Marines then, even though the term "gay' had not yet become common usage. I knew it, we all did. They performed their military duties as well as if not better than others...........