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===U.S. Senate===
===U.S. Senate===
[[File:Everett Dirksen of IL.jpg|thumb|left|170px]]
[[File:Everett Dirksen of IL.jpg|thumb|left|165px]]
Though Dirksen died only shortly after the [[Stonewall Riots]], he had already spoken out against [[homosexuality]]. In 1952, he stated that the "lavender lads" (homosexual men) would be fired from the [[State Department]] if the Republican Party performed well in the elections that year.<ref>Baker, Kevin (December 6, 2016). [https://newrepublic.com/article/139169/myth-smug-liberal The Myth of the Smug Liberal]. ''The New Republic''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> 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><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Everett-McKinley-Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen]. ''Britannica''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref>
Though Dirksen died only shortly after the [[Stonewall Riots]], he had already spoken out against [[homosexuality]]. In 1952, he stated that the "lavender lads" (homosexual men) would be fired from the [[State Department]] if the Republican Party performed well in the elections that year.<ref>Baker, Kevin (December 6, 2016). [https://newrepublic.com/article/139169/myth-smug-liberal The Myth of the Smug Liberal]. ''The New Republic''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> 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><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Everett-McKinley-Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen]. ''Britannica''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref>