I agree. I am something the middle on this hot button issue too. Clearly there are SOME agenda driven folks on both sides. And there are also many folks who just want to express their beliefs and feelings on both sides as well.
Personally I think the media likes stirring shit up. If people didn't bow down to the latest media stir, maybe they would all see each other as human beings again.
Television media and internet news have especially degenerated into sensationalism and naked yellow journalism. Has the attention economy made them change, or just made their nature more obvious?