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Homosexual advocates vilified Bryant for her stance, and continue to insult her to this day. They organized a boycott of her corporate sponsors and they obtained denunciations of Bryant by other entertainers. Four self-proclaimed homosexuals slapped Bryant with a pie in her face during a speaking event in Des Moines, Iowa.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS91gT3XT_A</ref> Bryant responded immediately by saying a prayer for her assailants. Police authorities refused to prosecute for the assault.
The efforts of the homosexual activists succeeded in destroying Bryant's career. The corporations refused to continue to hire her; the music industry excluded her. Subsequent attempts by Bryant to further her entertainment career in small towns were unsuccessful, but liberal newspapers hound her about that also.<ref>http://www.stpetersburgtimes.com/2002/04/28/State/Bankruptcy__ill_will_.shtml</ref>
Homosexuals continue to attempt to discredit Anita Bryant as part of an effort in Florida to repeal the law against adoption by homosexual couples. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that on March 25, 2007 a "meeting, organized by local, state and national gay advocacy groups, was held to discuss a proposal in Tallahassee to repeal Florida's 30-year-old ban on gay adoption. Organizers said the ban is a remnant of former beauty queen and orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant's anti-gay crusade of the 1970s."<ref>Elizabeth Baier, "Gay adoption of kids advocated at church: Gathering held to discuss state bill to repeal ban," South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale) (Mar. 26, 2007)</ref>
