On liberalism

For the purpose of this post I'll assume liberalism for the modern Protestant Christian is:

a movement in modern Protestantism emphasizing intellectual liberty and the spiritual and ethical content of Christianity

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It's interesting the definition of liberalism assumes "intellectual liberty."  What sort of intellectual liberty should Christians be willing to accept?  Should it be liberation from certain basic tenants of Christianity?  A lot of liberals tend to say they follow Jesus.  Okay, and where are they getting their information about Jesus from?  I mean, surely there some ramifications in breaking away from Tradition and Scripture; indeed, even liberals need to have some sort of foundational beginning.  I guess, I want to know where the starting point for the liberal begins.  Can they even have fundamental premises to adhere to?

Where are the liberals when this happens?

It appeared for a moment on Friday afternoon that SunTrust Banks had cut ties with David and Jason Benham, the two brothers who recently lost their reality TV show after activists protested their Christian views on abortion and gay marriage.

The Benhams initially said Friday that SunTrust had “pulled all of its listed properties with the Benham brothers’ bank-owned property business, which includes several [independent] franchisees across four states,” the Daily Caller reported.

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Now, I believe SunTrust has back tracked and re-listed the properties. However, where is the outcry from the liberals? There is a difference between not supporting gay marriage and being a bigot as far as I can tell. Let's see, bigot means:

a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

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The emphasis should be on "dislike." If a Christian dislikes another person because [insert sin here] we have a problem, but if a Christian does not support the sin and yet loves the person, what's the problem?