Along with Orville Redenbacher, Marie Osmond, Phyllis Diller and Chubby Checker, Anita Bryant ranked as one of my first ...
A former Miss Oklahoma, Anita Bryant became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights ...
Supported by the Rev. Jerry Falwell among others in the 1970s, Bryant and her “Save Our Children” coalition opposed gay ...
The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading ...
Bryant died Dec. 16 at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, according to a statement posted by her family to news site The Oklahoman ...
Hers is a cautionary tale about the perils of bigotry. It’s the rabid and hateful venom people remember, not the orange juice ...
Anita Bryant, the Florida orange juice promoter turned anti-gay rights activist who inspired the failed California Briggs ...
In a long campaign of television commercials, she sang “Come to the Florida Sunshine Tree” and offered the tagline: “Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.” But her ...