Anita Bryant biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Anita Bryant

Author Name:

Anita Bryant

Born As:

Anita Bryant

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Born:

25 Mar 1940

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Gay rights opponent                          
                          
Husband Bob Green, four children: Robert Jr., Gloria, Billy, and Barbara. Divorced him in 1980. There was criticism of hypocrisy from the Christian right regarding the indissolubility of Christian marriage which Bryant had championed and "the deterioration of the family" against which she had preached.
Second husband Charlie Dry.                          
                          
Bryant led a publicized campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Dade County, Florida, that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, an involvement that damaged her popularity and performance career.

The campaign was based on "Christian beliefs concerning the sinfulness of homosexuality and the threat of “homosexual recruitment” of children and child molestation.

Twenty-five years after her antigay crusade in Florida ended a high-flying career, Bryant, 62, is known in three other states for not paying bills, two bankruptcy filings in five years and a host of liens for unpaid taxes.