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===U.S. Senate===

===U.S. Senate===

Though Dirksen died only shortly after the [[Stonewall Riots]], he had already spoken out against [[homosexuality]]. In 1952, he said that if the Republican Party did well in the elections, the "lavender lads" (homosexual men) would be fired from the [[State Department]]. That same year, he defended [[movement conservative]] and fellow [[Senator]] [[Robert Taft]] at the [[Republican National Convention]] and criticized [[Rockefeller Republican]] [[Thomas Dewey]] for his embarrassing loss to [[President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] only four years earlier.<ref>Documentary Fan (March 7, 2012). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrR-34t7P0U Everett Dirksen Defends Taft]. ''YouTube''.</ref>

Though Dirksen died only shortly after the [[Stonewall Riots]], he had already spoken out against [[homosexuality]]. In 1952, he said that if the Republican Party did well in the elections, the "lavender lads" (homosexual men) would be fired from the [[State Department]]. That same year, he defended [[movement conservative]] and fellow [[Senator]] [[Robert Taft]] at the [[Republican National Convention]] and criticized [[Rockefeller Republican]] [[Thomas Dewey]] for his embarrassing loss to [[President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] only four years earlier.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/><ref>Documentary Fan (March 7, 2012). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrR-34t7P0U Everett Dirksen Defends Taft]. ''YouTube''.</ref>

Along with 21 other mostly conservative Republicans, Dirksen voted against the [[D.C.]] [[establishment]]'s censure of Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy]].<ref>Two references:

Along with 21 other mostly conservative Republicans, Dirksen voted against the [[D.C.]] [[establishment]]'s censure of Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy]].<ref>Two references: