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You really don't have an accurate understanding of this.

I think I do.

There was nothing inherently wrong with eating with gentiles.

As long as the Gentiles follow all the dietary laws.

But Jews are bound to observe the dietary laws. If you went to a gentile's home, and the food they served was not kosher, you couldn't eat with them.

Yes, that's what I said.

So any Gentile believer, even though not technically obligated to follow the dietary laws, must do so anyway or all of the Jewish believers will refuse to eat with him.

What am I missing? The Jews are still either forcing Gentiles to do things the Jewish way or shunning them.

So any Gentile believer, even though not technically obligated to follow the dietary laws, must do so anyway or all of the Jewish believers will refuse to eat with him.

Any Protestant believer must accept the doctrine of the "Real Presence" and convert to Catholicism, or the Catholics will not permit them to partake of communion.

What am I missing? The Catholics are still either forcing Protestants to do things the Catholic way or shunning them.