That is Tippy's choice, to waste her time talking to someone that would avoid her like the plague if they were in the same room together.  Just as it is your choice to befreind someone who has values like his. I'm not your conscience.  I am not your mother.  I am a freind advising you, and that is all.  Take the advice or don't ~ that is your decision.  I befriend people that love others and I try to help those people that want to be helped.  This man is happy just as he is.  And, Tippy is on a mission becuase of her religious convictions.  She is an adult.  That decision is her's to make AND LIVE WITH.  The same goes for you.  You willl have to live with whatever comes from you befriending a man with his beliefs.