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How come I attract people that are nothing like me?

I mean...if I really stop to think about it all of the friends I have ever made were like...my polar opposite. Really loud, funny, maybe rude, opinionated, people (these don't apply to everyone...just almost everyone).

I'm not complaining but I get kind of annoyed when they think that I'm just the way that they are. That I gossip or that I think anyone that doesn't share my belief should receive a back lashing of words, that I should wear my pride on my sleeve all the time and that I should pressure others to do the same.

I don't go around telling people how others are wrong or how these kinds of people annoy me or should just shut up. I really feel like saying that to some of the people I have made friends with. I don't just talk without thinking about what I'm saying and I don't just listen without getting hurt by other people's words.

I don't mind this kin of stuff from people I don't really know, I mean, I have to expect it. Some people aren't going to like my political views or religion and for the most part they have no idea what they're talking about, they're just venting, and that's ok. But friends aren't supposed to do that. They're not supposed to bash your beliefs to you.

They don't do it to start an argument (because that would never happen anyway, I don't generally stick up for myself). But they just talk about it like I don't care or that I shouldn't. Has that ever happened to you? Where your friend is complaining about your religion to you? I'm tired of it...I need someone like me.