According to the podcast "Anita Bryant's War on Gay Rights," which of the following is FALSE about Miami and Dade County in the 1970s?Group of answer choicesMiami was considered something of an oasis for gay Americans when compared to the rest of the countryEven in Miami, Florida's sodomy laws put limits on gay people's freedomMiami was the first city in the country to have an openly gay mayorIn Dade County, it was legal to fire someone because they were gay
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According to the podcast "Anita Bryant's War on Gay Rights," which of the following is FALSE about Miami and Dade County in the 1970s?Group of answer choicesMiami was considered something of an oasis for gay Americans when compared to the rest of the countryEven in Miami, Florida's sodomy laws put limits on gay people's freedomMiami was the first city in the country to have an openly gay mayorIn Dade County, it was legal to fire someone because they were gay
Solution
Without having access to the specific podcast "Anita Bryant's War on Gay Rights," it's impossible to definitively answer this question. However, based on general historical knowledge, the statement that "Miami was the first city in the country to have an openly gay mayor" is likely to be false. The first openly gay mayor in the United States was not elected until the 1980s, and this did not occur in Miami.
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