If democracy doesn’t fall your way, try anarchy. That seems to be the message developing among some gay marriage supporters around the country. Below, Harrison posts about an elderly woman assaulted in Palm Springs by demonstrators protesting the passage of Prop 8. There have been more incidents across the nation, including criminal attacks on people and property.

Vandals spray-painted Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, which served as an official collection point for the petitions to get Proposition 8 on the Golden State ballot.

On Nov. 8, a group calling itself Bash Back stormed a Sunday service at Mt. Hope, a 4,000-member mega-church near Lansing, Michigan. Demonstrators marched outside the church then invaded the sanctuary, shouting pro-gay slogans, throwing leaflets, and pulling a fire alarm. Here’s that story from the Detroit Free Press and from WorldNetDaily.

Strangely, Bash Back has released a photograph of its members brandishing bludgeons and wearing pink keffiyah that cover their faces. Two points on this. First, if you’re “out and proud,” why cover your face? (Oh, I know! Because you plan to trespass on private property and commit criminal acts.)

Second, you can cover your face with anything…why choose head garb favored by terrorists?

The Mormon church donated $20 million to help pass California’s Proposition 8, the most hotly contested traditional marriage initiative in the land. Yesterday, an estimated 10,000 people in New York City marched outside the Mormon Temple, shouting slogans such as “Church of Latter Day Hate” and calling for the church to lose its tax-exempt status.

“This is an outrage,” said Prison Fellowship director Chuck Colson in a Nov. 13 commentary on the gay response to Election Day. “What hypocrisy from those who spend all of their time preaching tolerance to the rest of us! How dare they threaten and attack political opponents? We live a democratic country, not a banana republic ruled by thugs.”

I’m still waiting for a splashy repudiation of pro-gay-marriage thuggery. I checked some gay-friendly websites — The Human Rights Campaign, The Advocate, Equality California, and Lambda — hoping to see a bold and highly visible condemnation.

Couldn’t find one.

At the Lambda site, that’s especially ironic since one of its major homepage links,  “AntiViolence,” provides a way for homosexuals to report incidents of anti-gay violence. Maybe Lambda should post a second link for reporting violence aimed in the other direction.

You know…in the name of equality.