Anita Bryant

Anita James Bryant was an American singer and former Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner in the sixties. She was also a political activist. She was known for her anti-gay views with her campaign "Save our Children".  The campaigns main goal was to repeal a local ordinance in Dane County, Florida that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation. This involvement eventually ruined her business and entertainment career. She eventually her and her husband divorced. She was then shunned by the Christian community because divorce was looked down upon and that they couldn't follow someone fighting against gay rights in the name of god who themselves committed an unChristian act. Bryant's husband blamed gays for Anita's decline in popularity saying "Blame gay people? I do. Their stated goal was to put her out of business and destroy her career. And that's what they did. It's unfair." Did gay people really cause Anita's life to go into a downward spiral, or was this her karma in trying to take away the rights of a group of people based on who they love?