LAT: Gays ought to try in-your-face radicalism

They've already tried that and are trying it now but it doesn't appear to have worked or to be working.

According to the LAT, gays are being deprived of their civil rights. Therefore, they ought to stand up and fight. Before the election, gays weren't sufficiently aroused and that cost them a victory on Proposition 8.

The LAT suggests that pro-8 forces spent more on television advertising than anti-8 forces. But this television viewer's unscientific observation suggests the opposite.

In-your-face radicalism attempts to intimidate the opposition. It's never a fair tactic and it shouldn't be necessary if reason is on your side. In practice it seldom works because the opposition is seldom intimidated. Often, such radicalism is counter-productive because it fires up the opposition.

Reason is not on the side of same-sex "marriage" proponents. Gays are not being denied their civil rights. Gays have not identified a civil right they're being denied. What they claim they're being denied is respect and acceptance. In-your-face radicalism will not get them that.