The unfortunate fact is that there is too many of you to think otherwise.
Case in point: Canada is ruled by a conservative government. In fact, the ruling party is officially called The Conservative Party. When the issue of gay marriage comes up, the conservative party shrugs and says "why is this in discussion?" We all support gay marriage, it's everyone's right. Why bring up the issue? The conservative government supports gay marriage to the point that it's not even in discussiuon. Same with healthcare. "Universal healthcare, of course. Why discusss it?" Same with gun control. "Why in the world would you need guns? You are a danger to society with a gun, so we are going to regulate you." This is the conservative party. Not the Liberal party. And the opposition--because we have a parliamentary system--is a socialist party. We're okay with that. We also believe in the separation of religion and government, and those issues don't factor into our politics. They are outside of it. This is the ruling right-wing government we have, which has been controversial. I don't support it. Stephen Harper is not my prime minister. Nor is he to most the people I know. He has been a pox on this country for the better part of the decade, and can eat shit as far as I am concerned. And yet, this is as conservative as we get. That says a lot, no? And this isn't unusual for most of western europe too.
When the right-wing leg of the Canadian government is more liberal than the Democratic leg of the American government, you have problems. It's impossible not to feel that way. It simply is the way the situation is. So, sorry, American culture has justified itself through numbers. It's not all bad, especially in the northern states. There isn't much difference between Pennsylvania and New York, and Ontario.