How the Gay Rights Movement Found Stunning Success

In D.C. -- and everywhere else, I suspect, with a Bohemian pulse -- Pride celebrations are in full swing. Some people who are gay have come to resent the relentlessly commercial aspects of the season, reflected in Pride bocce ball sets from Target and Pride dog bandanas from Walmart. But nothing important in America is not monetized. And gay rights are easily the most dramatically successful social movement of the past few decades.