I think this is right. Societal change makes it feel safer to hold the new opinion than the old one. A lot of people who have "changed their minds" about gay pe

I think this is right. Societal change makes it feel safer to hold the new opinion than the old one. A lot of people who have "changed their minds" about gay people are actually just making a pragmatic adaptation to the realities of modern life (consciously or subconsciously).