1953-04-27 Executive Order 10450--Security requirements for Government employment

1953-04-27 \anti-gay\US.govt.acts\Dwight Eisenhower\US.history http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10450.html Executive Order 10450--Security requirements for Government employment Established "sexual perversion", which was apparently assumed to include homosexuality, as a justification for firing from a government job. Commentary: 2008-04-27 Box Turtle Bulletin   