Comments on: What Ever Happened To Anita Bryant? http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Timothy Kincaid http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-104415 Timothy Kincaid Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:30:50 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-104415 No, Pamela Dear, This is not gossip, it's based on court documents. And, considering that Bryant is known primarily for her campaign to falsely portray gay people for the purpose of denying them civil rights, calls for "not bashing" her are amusing. No, Pamela Dear,

This is not gossip, it’s based on court documents. And, considering that Bryant is known primarily for her campaign to falsely portray gay people for the purpose of denying them civil rights, calls for “not bashing” her are amusing.

]]> By: Pamela Eskridge http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-103991 Pamela Eskridge Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:16:12 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-103991 We do not KNOW the full story. We should not bash anyone, especially without knowing all the facts! Most of this is gossip anyway! We do not KNOW the full story. We should not bash anyone, especially without knowing all the facts! Most of this is gossip anyway!

]]> By: Timothy Kincaid http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-69756 Timothy Kincaid Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:55:47 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-69756 Gerald, I have been to a gay pride parade and you are mistaken. They are not disgusting unless, of course, you are so filled with hatred that you think that gay people themselves are disgusting. Mostly they are church groups, charities, health organizations, local businesses, community support groups, and clubs for those with shared interests (hiking, cycling, bowling, etc.) It is so sad that you almost threw up just from seeing two men kissing. What a sad life you must have that seeing love makes you sick. Gerald,

I have been to a gay pride parade and you are mistaken. They are not disgusting unless, of course, you are so filled with hatred that you think that gay people themselves are disgusting.

Mostly they are church groups, charities, health organizations, local businesses, community support groups, and clubs for those with shared interests (hiking, cycling, bowling, etc.)

It is so sad that you almost threw up just from seeing two men kissing. What a sad life you must have that seeing love makes you sick.

]]> By: Gerald http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-69731 Gerald Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:51:21 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-69731 Anita Bryant was correct about Homosexuality. We need a moral society to survive, and since she made her stand our society has deteriorated to the point of revulsion. Has anyone ever been to a Homosexual or Gay parade. Very disgusting, unless one is into homosexual lifestyle. I am not. I will give Anita a lot of credit for standing up for what she believed in. I once accidentally saw two men in a passionate kiss. Makes one want to throw up. Don't want that in my face every day. Anita Bryant was correct about Homosexuality. We need a moral society to survive, and since she made her stand our society has deteriorated to the point of revulsion. Has anyone ever been to a Homosexual or Gay parade. Very disgusting, unless one is into homosexual lifestyle. I am not. I will give Anita a lot of credit for standing up for what she believed in. I once accidentally saw two men in a passionate kiss. Makes one want to throw up. Don’t want that in my face every day.

]]> By: Richard Rush http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-69403 Richard Rush Sun, 30 May 2010 15:18:38 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-69403 Martin J, The answer to your question is contained within your question: Seeing themselves as ministers of God is what allows them to look in the mirror and see a good person who was/is doing the right thing. They have chosen a conception of god that is in a perfect symbiotic relationship with their own natures. Blaise Pascal said it well: "<em><strong>Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction</strong><em>." Martin J,

The answer to your question is contained within your question: Seeing themselves as ministers of God is what allows them to look in the mirror and see a good person who was/is doing the right thing. They have chosen a conception of god that is in a perfect symbiotic relationship with their own natures. Blaise Pascal said it well: “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.”

]]> By: Martin J http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-69396 Martin J Sun, 30 May 2010 05:26:29 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-69396 How can someone look in the mirror in the morning and see themselves as ministers of God, while spreading hate and discontent over a whole class of their fellow human beings, whose only "sins" are being the persons they were born to be? Shame on you, Anita. Shame, shame, shame. How can someone look in the mirror in the morning and see themselves as ministers of God, while spreading hate and discontent over a whole class of their fellow human beings, whose only “sins” are being the persons they were born to be? Shame on you, Anita. Shame, shame, shame.

]]> By: Alexander Berigan http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-67187 Alexander Berigan Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:15:08 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-67187 Its such a shame such a beautiful woman with such promise could turn out to spread so much hate through ignorance.... Its such a shame such a beautiful woman with such promise could turn out to spread so much hate through ignorance….

]]> By: LarryC http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-65026 LarryC Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:05:27 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-65026 Anita is inspirational to billions across the globe. Go Anita Bryant - live forever! Anita is inspirational to billions across the globe. Go Anita Bryant – live forever!

]]> By: Kimmo http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-58627 Kimmo Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:52:02 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-58627 Anita is awesome and is a true inspiration to MILLIONS!! I love her! She has many updates on her myspace page. VIVA ANITA!!!!! Anita is awesome and is a true inspiration to MILLIONS!! I love her!

She has many updates on her myspace page. VIVA ANITA!!!!!

]]> By: james http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149/comment-page-1#comment-55482 james Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:53:51 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2006/12/15/149#comment-55482 I am a Floridian that remembers the hatred and anger that Anita Bryant spread. It was really strange to me that her husband...first husband,would pass by me on North Bay Road on Miami beach and try to .shall we say.hook up...Possibly that is what fuled her anger.....I am a gay man that has for the past 35 years (now being 58) spent a great part of his life working (gratis) helping childern in distress and never did I feel any sexual affection for them. Yes I felt affection for them, as a role model, an uncle, father figure,friend. I have spent countless hours in Jackson Hospital detox with kids that were tossed to the streets by society, family or the judicial system, many who were´gay´.some have died,some have been inprisoned, some have compleated high school............two have compleated law school , one has graduated UM Medical School and is now practicing medicine and spends a good amount of his time working in free clinics. I am currently living in a different country with my GAY partner of 9 years and have been blessed with a son...........a social discard! His mother was a prostitute, father an unknown client...mother died when he was a toddler and he survived on the streets.....alone, only with his clan of other homeless people. he survived! We were lucky that 4 years ago he literaly crashed into us in the street. To make a long story short 4 years later he is our son...our life. He speaks , comprehends, reads and writes in 3 languages, is an honour student, and is respected and admired by all in the community.The first nights ,,,,,Yes Anita,,,he crawled into our bed! He was scared, His life was suddenly different. He had a blanket to cover him rather than some cardboard....yes we held him, we hugged him, we made him feel secure.HE IS OUR SON!, but thanks to people like you ,we cannot take him out of our country on vacation, we have to look over our shoulders in fear that he will be taken away and put in an orphanage and treated like a caged animal....If you have a fear that your children, or by now grand children will be recrited by perverts, then search out perverts!Don't assume that all gays are perverts, the same that you cannot assume that all heterosexuals are perverts.We hug our son, we kiss him good bye when we take him to school, but of course he being 12 he is a little over it in front of his friends. So....Dear Anita,I thank you for making me a stronger person, I promise to never molest your grandsons,but please if you still speak with your ex-husband Bob....tell him I am not interested! I am a Floridian that remembers the hatred and anger that Anita Bryant spread. It was really strange to me that her husband…first husband,would pass by me on North Bay Road on Miami beach and try to .shall we say.hook up…Possibly that is what fuled her anger…..I am a gay man that has for the past 35 years (now being 58) spent a great part of his life working (gratis) helping childern in distress and never did I feel any sexual affection for them. Yes I felt affection for them, as a role model, an uncle, father figure,friend. I have spent countless hours in Jackson Hospital detox with kids that were tossed to the streets by society, family or the judicial system, many who were´gay´.some have died,some have been inprisoned, some have compleated high school…………two have compleated law school , one has graduated UM Medical School and is now practicing medicine and spends a good amount of his time working in free clinics. I am currently living in a different country with my GAY partner of 9 years and have been blessed with a son………..a social discard! His mother was a prostitute, father an unknown client…mother died when he was a toddler and he survived on the streets…..alone, only with his clan of other homeless people. he survived! We were lucky that 4 years ago he literaly crashed into us in the street. To make a long story short 4 years later he is our son…our life. He speaks , comprehends, reads and writes in 3 languages, is an honour student, and is respected and admired by all in the community.The first nights ,,,,,Yes Anita,,,he crawled into our bed! He was scared, His life was suddenly different. He had a blanket to cover him rather than some cardboard….yes we held him, we hugged him, we made him feel secure.HE IS OUR SON!, but thanks to people like you ,we cannot take him out of our country on vacation, we have to look over our shoulders in fear that he will be taken away and put in an orphanage and treated like a caged animal….If you have a fear that your children, or by now grand children will be recrited by perverts, then search out perverts!Don’t assume that all gays are perverts, the same that you cannot assume that all heterosexuals are perverts.We hug our son, we kiss him good bye when we take him to school, but of course he being 12 he is a little over it in front of his friends. So….Dear Anita,I thank you for making me a stronger person, I promise to never molest your grandsons,but please if you still speak with your ex-husband Bob….tell him I am not interested!

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