Anita Bryant

“I never had hate for anyone. I helped start ministries in Florida for gay people who wanted a way out.”

“I don't hate homosexuals. I love them enough to tell them the truth: that God puts them in the category with other sinners.”

“Yes, I love to cook. I'm what you'd call an old-fashioned cook.”

“I believe that it's easier for the woman to submit. That's biblical... God has equipped men to take on much more responsibility.”

“That TV set in your home has the power to destroy your family.”

“I find that wherever I go, people are hungering to get back to basics.”

“I dont feel qualified or that I really have time to be involved with the Southern Baptist Convention.”

“While continuing to speak out and work against those laws that sanction homosexuality, we also shall continue to seek help and change for homosexuals themselves, whose sad and sick values belie the word 'gay' which they pathetically use to cover their unhappy lives.”

“When God calls you to do something, and when it's put upon you in such a way that you're boxed in, it has to be.”

“When you get to the age of accountability you have to reaffirm your faith.”

“Even if you're right you have to forgive. It's a principle that works, whether you believe in God or not.”

“I'm not a perfect person. I'm. human like everyone else.”

“I thank God there are a few men left in this nation who have the backbone to tell it like it is.”

“I don't want America to be judged as God judged Sodom and Gomorrah.”

“I've about given up on the fundamentalists, who have become so legalistic and letter-bound to the Bible.”

“I fear for America, and I fear for our children.”

“Look, I don't hate homosexuals. I've always said that I love the sinner but I hate the sin.”

“I don't feel God can truly bless America again until we start praising him in our schools.”

“It is sad when a particular group of people, no matter what they are, are able to... thrust their way of life on a society.”

“My faith has helped me face adversity. Adversity makes you stronger.”