Before I came out, I had a feeling that some of my friends would not agree with the "gay" thing, but will tolerate it, but very loosely tolerate it, so long as its giving the vibe that its a "phase".

I knew that my straight friends would be weird about my being gay because they are Christian and they are very conservative (not in a political way). It has been weirder because I myself am not a Christian anymore either and so although we got along on many different levels, these two things have cause some sort of weird tension between us.

I know I should probably put some distance between us, but how have you all coped with knowing that some of your ex friends, or current friends hold actual bigoted ideologies that they refuse to let go of? I literally just had a conversation with a friend who said bigotry goes both ways... and although I understand that I mentioned how some sides are actually just hateful? The other sides are usually just trying to highlight that and say, your views although you hold them close because of your religion (for example) are actually harmful and hateful...

IDK, I am a little flustered and somewhat hurt that I am inevitably going to lose friends... I really just wonder how you guys coped with it and handled it.