Following a 2021 Supreme Court decision, Vermont may no longer exclude religious schools from the voucher program. Some argue that this program will legitimize religious beliefs that discriminate against sexual minorities. Others argue that if parents can send their kids to private schools, why shouldn’t they be able to send their kids to parochial schools?

Under the laws of polarization, those two positions are mutually exclusive. But under the pleasures of complex understanding, there are myriad arguments to explore.

First Session: What the Court Said: The Supreme Court case that forced Vermont’s hand is Carson v. Makin. Besides considering the arguments of the Court and the dissent, we’ll look at the practical implications of this decision and how activists on both sides are using it to increase polarization.