"Before she campaigned across the nation attacking the rights of LGBTQ+ people, Bryant was a pop singer and winner of the 1958 Miss Oklahoma pageant. She launched her notorious âSave Our Childrenâ campaign in response to a historic 1977 gay rights ordinance in Dade County, Fla., which made it one of the first counties to ban employment and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation. Bryantâs campaign adopted the mantra, âHomosexuals cannot reproduce, so they must recruit,â championing religious purity and aiming to protect children from supposed anti-Christian values. Bryantâs virulent rhetoric, including in press conferences and commercials, swiftly gained her a national conservative following. Famed televangelist Jerry Falwell Sr. even came to Florida to help her. Bryantâs efforts led Dade County to put its anti-discrimination ordinance up for public vote. A shocking 70% of residents opted to repeal it, making discrimination against LGBTQ+ people legal again in the area. The county restored the ordinance 21 years later, in 1998."
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Molly Sprayregen, Anita Bryant Devoted Her Life to Terrorizing LGBTQ+ People. Now She Has a Bisexual Granddaughter (July 29, 2021).
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