Newlywed troubles, a very twisted situation: What should I do?

We've been married a few months now and I suppose like any marriage, we've had our ups and downs. When his friends found out I was friends with a girl they didn't like, they (his friends) asked me to stop being friends with her and I refused - this is my friend and I cherish her plenty. She hasn't done anything but love and support me. Mind you, these friends are in their 30s and should not be telling me who to be friends with!!! A lot of name-calling occurred between the two parties (my friend and his friends) and at the end of the day, his friends asked me to stop talking to her. Because I refused, they dragged my poor husband into this and told him how disrespectful my friend was to them, however, THEY WERE JUST AS RUDE! Because I chose to remain friends with her, my husband's friends then requested that I was not in attendance in their presence at social events, etc. They also sent me rude messages along with name calling because I remained friends with the girl they dislike. I did not act rudely to them nor did I say anything rude to them, all I expressed was that I will remain friends with her and if they didn't like her, then they don't have to be friends with her - no hard feelings. I honestly feel that I have taken the mature route this entire time and I also feel I should be able to be friends with whomever I wish as long as they don't disrespect me or my husband. So, his friends continue to be rude to me and my friend (this is over the internet, not in person), my friend is being rude back, however, I have chosen not to comment - I am out of this. HIS FRIENDS ARE IMMATURE BEYOND ANYTHING I'VE SEEN. My husband's friends put a strain on their friendship with him, and my friendship with them is now non-existent (how can I be friends with people who are trying to force me to get rid of a friend and then are rude and mean to me because I don't want to break off my friendship with her??). Because of all of this tension my husband now wants me to stop being friends with her period. I told him that I haven't been rude to his friends and that I do not want to choose between friendships but he still wants me to break off my friendship with her. THIS IS MY PROBLEM: after the rude comments from his friends and everything that they've done to be mean to me, he hasn't stood up for me and hasn't told them to back off! He blames this whole thing on me and says that I should just cut my friendship off - in his words, "this is the solution - cut her off." I've told him how I felt already, I've been very forward with my feelings: I feel alone in this while his friends are bashing me, I feel betrayed by him for not standing up for me (because I did NOTHING WRONG) and I've told him that I feel so unsupported. I told him that don't want to draw a line between me and his friends but I feel that he has already chosen to side with his disrespectful friends.... he wants me to cut off my friendship and never see her again, mind you, this girl has done NOTHING wrong to him and even when I pointed this out, he said "SHE is the reason all this fighting is happening." What should I do? We left off on a bad note, I've told him everything that I was feeling and he just laughed and said it was my fault and said I should just cut off my relationship with my friend. I told him I didn't want to ruin my friendship with her and this is where we heads. This is ruining my marriage and my friendships. I want a husband that stands by his woman, that will stand up for me in front of his disrespectful friends! He knows how hurt I am because I've been very open with my feelings but he doesn't give a crap, he just wants me to dissolve my friendship because HIS friends don't like her, and this, I feel, is just wrong!!! I feel that if we weren't married, I would have broken up with him but because we are married, I'm at a loss. Help!