She was blacklisted and got a raw deal, but like her or not, she stuck to her convictions,” Anthony Verdugo, founder and executive director of the Christian Family Coalition.

EDMOND, Okla. (NEXSTAR) — Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly as Anita Bryant — a singer and crusader against the progress of gay rights — has died at the age of 84, her family announced in an ...

where they discussed the fallout of Anita Bryant’s successful campaign to overturn a Dade County anti-discrimination ordinance. Green, who was Bryant’s manager, said the scrutiny Bryant felt ...

Anita Bryant ... footage of Bryant's crusade from the era was used in the Oscar-winning 2008 film "Milk," starring Sean Penn. In 1977, Bryant was an outspoken opponent of a Dade County, Florida ...

Anita Bryant ... Unhappy with the cultural changes of the time, Bryant led a successful campaign to repeal an ordinance in Florida's Miami-Dade County that would have prohibited discrimination ...