Des Moines: Entertainer-evangelist Anita Bryant, her face covered with banana cream pie, stares in disbelief during a news conference where a man posing as a reporter jumped up and hit her in the ...

Thom Higgins is credited for coining the term “gay pride.” He also earned national headlines when he threw a pie in anti-gay ...

When she was famously hit in the face with a pie while speaking at an Iowa event against anti-discrimination policies, she quipped, “At least it’s a fruit pie.” Bryant was a three-time ...

When she was famously hit in the face with a pie while speaking at an Iowa event against anti-discrimination policies, she quipped, “At least it’s a fruit pie.” Bryant was a three-time ...

Anita Bryant Dry, a singer, anti-gay activist and founder of Save Our Children, died last month, ... She responded by saying, "At least it was a fruit pie," before breaking into tears.

Anita Bryant’s legacy is not what she hoped—but her destructive message lives on. ... “At least it’s a fruit pie”—a whole bunch of Americans reveled in her comeuppance.

In October 1977, at a news conference in Des Moines, Iowa, a demonstrator walked up to Bryant and pushed a banana cream pie into her face. “At least it was a fruit pie,” Bryant ad-libbed.

Anita Bryant, a former beauty ... Bryant quipped at the time, “at least it’s a fruit pie.” She is survived by her four children, two stepdaughters, and seven grandchildren and their spouses.

Anita Jane Bryant was born on March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. At age 2, as she started singing at a local Baptist church, her parents — Warren, who worked in the oil fields, and Lenora ...

Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly Anita Bryant — a singer and crusader against the progress of gay rights — has died at the age of 84, her family announced in an obituary.

Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly Anita Bryant — a singer and crusader against the progress of gay rights — has died at the age of 84, her family announced in an obituary.