If this is such an important problem for society, why not just install cameras in all homes just to make sure nobody is producing or watching child porn?
How it is presented in the media is, of course, completely up for grabs. I think prop 8 was promoted as "Defense of Marriage Act", and some media outlets went with it, others didn't.
I find examples that irritate me on the right and the left. I'm socially liberal, but I prefer to say that I support legal access to abortion, rather than describing myself as "pro-choice".
Of course, in the bare-knuckles world of politics, many people would say "thanks for the civics lesson, now please put some grease on my facial cut, check my glove strings, and get my water bottle, cause the bell is about to ring for round 10".
If "we" means the median voter, sadly the answer is probably yes.
Yes, yes we are.