June 7 Dade County, Fla. Former […]

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1977-06-07

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June 7 Dade County, Fla. Former beauty queen and Florida orange juice spokesperson Anita Bryant, her husband, Bob Green, and their fundamentalist Christian organization, Save Our Children, Inc., had lobbied for a public referendum, which on this day successfully repealed (by a vote of 69 to 31 percent) a county ordinance that prohibited discrimination based on "affectional or sexual preference" in the areas of housing, public accommodations, and employment. This was a major battle and was seen as the first defeat in the struggle for gay civil rights in the United States. Save Our Children's tactics included an early, successful use of the fear of "child molestation," which would be used by anti-gay forces during the remainder of the 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The ruling in Dade County sparked anti-Bryant protests and a boycott of Florida orange juice by progressives throughout the United States and Canada.

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January 18 Miami, Fla. The Miami […]

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Bob Green Anita Bryant

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