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How the Christian right took inspiration from Anita Bryant’s political movement

Timeline
Timeline
1 min readDec 14, 2017

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Anita Bryant had a modestly successful singing career and had been the face of the citrus industry in Florida. Then she started the “Save Our Children” campaign, focused on preventing equal rights for gays and lesbians in Dade County, Florida. Her success inspired an embrace from the Christian right, which took inspiration from her tactics and message.

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