Two Americas: Gay vs. Straight?

Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards announced his support for a repeal of the Pentagon's "Don't Ask/Don't Tell" policy. He may have done it out of political expediency, sensing it would endear him to the Democratic left. He may have done it out necessity, trying to keep his campaign in the news. He may have done it out of concern for national security -- the best reason. For whatever reason, I'm glad he did it because, as of today, he's my horse in the Democratic Primary.

Naturally, the bitter gays have set their sights on him:

So, he thinks gays and lesbians have the right to serve and die in a useless war, but he's not sure they have the right to make sure their spouses get survivor's benefits...cuz they're not really good enough to be "spouses". How nice for him.
-- FANGIRLHATER, from Towleroad.com

The point is that we get all attiter (is that a word) about someone throwing us a crumb on the military but still going to deny us marriage rights yet years ago....years ago a man was running for the dem nom who wanted full rights for us across the board. His support from the homosexual community was very very small.
-- JIMMYBOYO, from Towleroad.com

Is John Edwards perfect? No. But not one of the major declared candidates for president publically support full marriage equality. Furthermore, which ones -- Clinton, Obama, Biden, and the like -- spoke out today infavor of Congressman Meehan's repeal legislation? Gay issues -- marriage equality, hate crimes legislation, ENDA, Don't Ask/Don't Tell, HIV/AIDS -- are very important to me. And based on estimates ranging from conservative to most liberal, there are anywhere from 6 million to 25 million gay Americans that care passionately about these issues. But there are 36 million Americans living in poverty and millions more on the edge. There are nearly 47 million Americans without health insurance. And of course, there have been 3,161 Americans killed in Iraq and more than 23,000 injured in this war.

All of these people have an interest in a change in leadership and all of these issues are just part of what we should be concerned about. Unless we are interested in sitting out for the next 20 years, maybe "the Gays" shouldn't be so fickle?