Avoid opening with a quiz. Start with the community, values, or experiences behind a view and let the conversation show how each person thinks.
What matters in practice
If a political issue determines marriage, children, safety, faith, or location, hiding it only postpones an important answer. Directness can still be respectful.
Notice the method as much as the opinion. Can someone listen, revise, laugh, and disagree without contempt? That is relationship information.