Hard Truth.
When you are afraid or embarrassed to be seen with someone, or treat them differently when others are around...you have a character issue. Not them.
Loving your neighbor as yourself has everything to do with getting over fear of man as well as getting over ourselves!
True freedom is being released from both! It comes from being like the Messiah, who ate with tax collectors, fisherman, prostitutes and thieves. Who have you eaten with lately?