Quickie Link [1]: Gay Rights Debate Rages on 30 Years After Miami-Dade Challenge [2]

By : vanrozenheim on Jun 09, 2007 - 11:15 PM
History [3]
(USA) - Thirty years ago, most people didn't think about gay rights, much less discuss the issue in public. A 1977 battle in Miami-Dade County between two local mothers changed all that, launching both the modern public debate about homosexuality and the emergence of politically powerful Christian conservatives. While voters cast a decisive ''no'' vote for gay rights 30 years ago this week, the discussion triggered by the divisive debate -- which ended the friendship between singing star Anita Bryant and then-Miami-Dade Commissioner Ruth Shack -- has not ceased. ''It was the beginning of two movements, the Christian Coalition and gay rights,'' Shack now says.

Note: Read full article on Miami Herald [4]
Links
  [1] https://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=5&lead=1
  [2] https://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1362&lead=1
  [3] https://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=7&lead=1
  [4] http://www.miamiherald.com:80/277/story/132761.html