How many friendships have you had to end

[Snackshack]

77. None.

As a rule of thumb people are entitled to their beliefs/opinions on any given subject be it firearms, politics, religion etc. being a friend with a person includes having a measure of respect for them and who they are. The only thing that would cause me to end a friendship with someone I have let into my life and taken the time to form a friendship with would be some sort of personal attack/betrayal. Good/true friends are hard to come by discarding them because of a difference in beliefs says that maybe they were never really friends to begin with.

“One true friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”
- Euripides

Having said all that...people do change, sometimes for the worse. I guess I have just been lucky in the few friends I have. In the situation you describe in your post above (racism, intolerance etc) I would most likely have cut ties as well and it would have weighed heavy on my heart but it would be for the best.