CNN recently released a recording where former US President Richard Nixon rails against gay sexuality.

In the tape, Nixon complains about a TV show that followed a baseball game. The comedy, a sitcom called All in the Family, allegedly ‘glorified homosexuality.’

At first he thought it was a movie, but after the mistake was cleared up the Republican repeated his charge.

‘The point that I make is… I don’t think you glorify, on public television, homosexuality,’

The president then offered a history lesson.

‘You know what happened to the Greeks. Homosexuality destroyed them. Aristotle was a homo, we all know that. So was Socrates.’

The Romans were not spared Nixon’s criticism.

‘The last six Roman emperors were fags.’

Finally, the president insisted homosexuality and immorality were ‘the enemies of strong societies.’

‘That’s why the Communists and left-wingers are pushing it. They are trying to destroy us.’

While the president hated everything gay, the conversation does start with him noting how attractive the male actors in the show were.

‘They had two magnificent handsome guys.’

The Republican was in the White House from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign in office.