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Then Senator Charley Johns claimed to oppose the Ku Klux Klan, but voted against the 1951 bill that would have unmasked the Klansmen and ended cross burning.

"The origins of homosexuality are obscure, as is the question of whether it is a sin or a sickness. "

The Kinsey Report portrayed homosexual activity as taking place "in every age group, in every social level, in every conceivable occupation, in cities and on farms and in the most remote areas of the country. "

State law mandated that Florida schoolteachers must exemplify "patriotism and the practice of every Christian virtue".

The NAACP maintained no official stance on homosexuality other than it being an illegal act worthy of arrest or military discharge.