Anita Bryant for Howard Phillips
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Anita Bryant appears at Copley Plaza Hotel press conference on behalf of US Senate candidacy of Howard Phillips. She talks about opening counseling centers to convert gays from “their death style of homosexuality.” “I stand on what is right and and decent.” Her husband Bob Green sits by her side. He holds up a snapshot of a man painting hate graffiti against Anita Bryant. Phillips says “I believe homosexuality is a disability to be overcome rather than a right to be protected…we are all creatures of god.” They both espouse banning gay people from teaching jobs. Phillips announces security has received a bomb threat and the room should be evacuated, but no one leaves.
