Prop. 8 and the lefty Obama backers

For those of you who don't follow along with every perturbation on the left, there are a great number of bloggers and commenters on blogs such as Daily Kos who are telling the GLBT community to essentially "Shut up about Prop 8. We'll get to you later." Their attitude is one of desperation, at heart; they feel so distressed from 8 years (at least) of conservative oppression and so precarious in our victories lately that they don't want anybody to say anything negative about Obama or the current state of affairs for fear of losing what we are on the brink of getting. For them, the cries of pain and betrayal stemming from the passage of Prop 8 among those affected directly are hysterical, out-of-proportion to reality, and hypersensitive.
To all those who feel that way, I demand that you read this incredible diary, posted today. To any others, please read it also, as a reminder that we can never really know for sure how someone else feels, or why, and that taking the time to consider someone else's experiences before speaking, writing, or even voting, is the hallmark of decency and maturity. Be generous of spirit in those times when conflict arises; it rarely costs anything substantial, and far more often results in a better outcome. Fighting for what is just, right, or ethical is hard, and anyone choosing to do so deserves respect, at the very least.