Sometimes, we disagree just a bit

I have absolutely wonderful, beautiful friends. I love them and I want to spend as much time with them as I can. They are white, Christian, republican, pro-lifers who waited until they were married to have sex. There is nothing inherently wrong with any of that, it’s just that I don’t always agree with a lot of their views about things. I like to think that I’m an open-minded person, however, and it’s fun sometimes when we have little debates and conversations about different things. They don’t love me any less, and I don’t love them any less. For example, when I tell them I’m traveling to NYC to attend a spanking party, they tell me to be safe, they call to check on me regularly, and they don’t ask any further questions on the topic. When they are perusing my DVD collection and come across some lesbian films, they don’t comment one way or another; they just pass them up and borrow the Scrubs DVDs instead. I have complete confidence that they love me unconditionally, and I feel comfortable being myself around them, but lately I’ve really been craving the company of more like-minded people. That’s something that’s difficult to find where I’ve currently been living. It’s probably not impossible. It’s just that I spend most of my free time with the married couples I’ve just described. That doesn’t give me the opportunity to meet new people very often. It’s not that I have a need to hang out with people who completely agree with me about everything. That’s an insanely boring thought. It’s just that when I say something like “organized religions hold oppressive views toward women’s sexuality,” it would be nice to hear someone say something along the lines of, “no shit, Captain Obvious.”