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The 68-year-old loose cannon resurfaced at some event, looking like she could use a gay best friend.

After a boycott of orange juice was started due to the negative publicity surrounding her political campaigning, Anita's contract with the Florida Citrus Commission was not renewed. In 1998, Miami re-authorized an ordinance protecting individuals from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Despite being a devout evangelical Christian, Anita divorced her first husband in 1980.



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76. I always liked Anita Bryant, and actually met her in the late 1970s when I was a teenager working on the campaign to stop homosexual special rights.

Posted at 10:14PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Annette

77. I think she looks great. I admire her for speaking her mind. Apparently everyone can say what they think as long as they agree with the liberals that have taken over our government. She has rights just as the others who cotinually condemn her.

Posted at 10:22PM on Dec 11th 2008 by gjb

78. Didn't I see her take top honors at the American Kennel Club's annual UGLY DOG CONTEST?

Posted at 10:16PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Pigtop

79. Anita is an extremely courageous and loving woman who hates the vile evil of homosexuality as well she should. As a Christian writer, I believe that God hates more than the sin of homosexuals, he actually hates the homosexuals themselves...and so do I. You homosexuals are not only going to the hottest place in hell when you die, hopefully soon and horribly, but are the slime of the entire earth now and unlikely to change except to become even more wicked with time. Those who love homosexuals are God's enemies and will go to hell with them.

Posted at 3:20PM on Dec 12th 2008 by Good Friday

80. Since Prop 8 did not pass, it amazes me to see and hear how intolerant of others the gay community is. You SCREAM for equal rights but are so arrogant and prejudice against anyone who opposes you. I was once a sympathizer but from all of this bashing and disrespect of other people's views and opinons I'm not so sure any more. This is America and everyone should be able to speak freely without being tared & feathered for it. Grow up and behave like adults, not school yard bullies.

Posted at 5:40PM on Dec 30th 2008 by Gayle

81. I don't care what ANYONE does in their own bedroom. Not even you psycho-kristians. Jeez, it's too bad everyone doesn't feel the same way....then they'd all be after YOUR spouse. Ha ha. Anita Bryant is as phony as that three-dollar bill you guys like to equate with some people's sexual preference. I prefer people with open minds and hearts, not closed and hateful. There are probably about 6 billion ways to look at this.....anyone ever thought about that? Bless all....gay, straight, in between, asexual, non-sexual, religion=freaks and sensible people. Just happy to see Ms. Bryant's appearance matches her ugliness inside. But, ya know....bless her too....she's too ignorant to know any better.

Posted at 10:24PM on Dec 11th 2008 by SandyLee

82. Ah - the tolerance of small liberal minds graphically on display. You preach tolerance for people of all persuasions and all beliefs as long as no one's beliefs are different than yours. But (whatever superior being you choose) forbid that anyone should ever have or enunciate beliefs other than YOURS, because if they do, you will move anything in your way to tear those #@$%^%&&^%$W$^%(&*^)_)(*_)^&^%$^%$# sons -of-^%$^&%$&^*&^&(*$$%#&% completely apart, gut them, bake their entrails in hot lava flows while their children are forced to watch, impale their heads on spikes with their sexual organs shoved in their mouths and spikes through their eyes.

Yes you are so gentle, dear liberals. Your philosophy is so all-encompassing that you will accept anyone's belief and never object - just gently try to persuade them to change.

Or die and burn in hell.

And you don't have any idea how your shrill screams and total intolerance gives complete and utter lie to the words you say about your esteemed "tolerance". You don't even have a clue.

Anita Bryant was never scary, she was never intolerant. Christianity requires that she turn the other cheek when someone hits the first. She did. Now she's an older woman, hopefully with exactly the same beliefs, and is still telling you intolerant fools that she forgives you for your blindness and lack of comprehension of anything she she stood for or said. And forty years later you've still not come to an understanding of what she was saying.

Simply amazing. But, it points out why people are doomed to repeat history. The loudest elements never learn from it - or they never understand why they studied it in the first place.

I'll leave you with a paraphrase from the Bible... 'woe unto you, scribes, pharisees, hypocrits. You blind guides... you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.'

Posted at 10:31PM on Dec 11th 2008 by spikie

83. Well, well, well! I see all the queers have gravitated to this site. I agree with Anita. Every damned one of you is an abomination!!

Posted at 10:29PM on Dec 11th 2008 by JoeyD

84. Why do you always have to add "nasty comments' to everything you write...Especially if it is a moral issue, like homosexuality or Christianity!!! Are you all Gays and Atheists at TMZ?? Anita Bryant NEVER said she hated 'gays'!!
She was standing up for her beliefs.which we all have a right to do in this country..At least we did!! She was right then and is right today..As for her looks..she looked ok for a 68 year old..How great do you look at your age??
Why don't you just report and try to be 'Fair and Balanced'!!

Posted at 10:38PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Carole

85. Anita was right. She was way ahead of the rest of the people on the Homosex perversion issues. By the way I wan't buy Florida OJ even today.

Posted at 11:03PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Fred

86. Anita was at the forefront in battling perversion,and for good moral values.If we had followed her advice,we wouldn't have all these crazy perverts running around all of our major cities today.
She will certainly be rewarded when she goes to heaven for all of her efforts.
Hollywood is SICK,SICK,SICK.ABOMANATION ...AND IT IS A CHOICE!

Posted at 10:51PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Stew

87. Someone was talking about "grace"...what about Anita, the great Christian's lack of grace as she tried to pummel a whole group of people just because their orientation is different. These Bible thumpers scare me...they are the ones who are the furthest from the message of love that Christ brought. These pathetic hate-mongers who dare to call themselves Christians have turned God into a small, mean, vengeful father figure who only loves you if..if..if..if.....Wow...These Falwell/Roberts/Bryant "Christians" are America's Taliban, minus the ability to murder in Jesus' name!

Posted at 11:20PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Richey

88. SHE LOOKS SENSATIONAL. SHOWS WHAT LIVING GOOD CAN DO. VERY NICE LADY.

Posted at 12:03PM on Dec 12th 2008 by REALITY

89. Anita forgot the biggest sin of all: HATRED. I do not hate Anita Bryant. I hate her hatred. She had no business masquerading as God in her judgement and hateful attitudes towards gays. She furthermore doesn't realize that homosexuality is NOT a sin! Hatred IS. There is nothing wrong with disliking a sexual practice. If that's the case, DON'T practice it. But when one forces their opinions and wants to legislate them, that's where the line has to be drawn. And, BTW, you cannon "recruit" someone to be a homosexual. How ridiculous!

Posted at 11:19PM on Dec 11th 2008 by DennyinFL

90. So many keep saying that homosexuality is a "choice"....Can any of these people honestly answer this question: At what point in your life did you make the choice to be heterosexual? Did you say, "Well, I think I'll choose to be hetero"? At what age did this momentous "choice" occur? Many of those tortured souls, including all legitimate psychiatrists/psychologist, would love to know how and when this "choice" can be made available. Wow...and to think that all of you "straight" people had to make a "choice" too....

Posted at 11:24PM on Dec 11th 2008 by Richey

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