You must not be in Austin then, you might find yourself feeling much less out of place there. I doubt your 'personal views' would seem very unusual. I lived there for awhile it's a very hip college town with lots of young people and a very active art and music scene, incredibly liberal and "weird" for anyplace in the south let alone Texas. It felt to me like someone had smuggled in a piece of the west coast. :d  But yeah if you're anywhere else in the state its pretty much the worst.