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I've always heard that verse interpretted in reference to marriage. As in if you are a believer it probably isn't best to marry an unbeliever.
As a practicing (and practice certainly does not make perfect) Christian, it bugs me when unbelievers (or just those with varying opinions) are shunned. Jesus didn't hang out with the religious of the day. He hung out with those that the religious looked down on. Now, I will note that he didn't want people to remain unchanged, but he accepted everyone for who they were. For every former prostitute Jesus took under his wing there was a rich young ruler who wouldn't pay the price Jesus asked, which was just loving God more than money.
I have a different view of judgement than most. I can judge an action. We all judge actions all the time as to if we think it was a good thing or a bad thing. However, judgement of the heart is what no man can do. It is simply not within my purview to say so and so will burn in hell for such and such.
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