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These parents refused long ago to file education plans with the local school district. Had they chosen to cooperate, ...

You really ought to change your nick. It doesn't fit.

Because these parents want to make a point and get publicity, ...

An assumption on your part. I see nothing in the article to back up that assertion. They seem like people who want to be left alone not draw attention to themselves.

Unfortunately part of that education includes continual lessons in stupidity and spitefulness that can't be good for any child.

Refusing to kowtow to the government and cede away their authority as parents is stupid and spiteful?
Constitution lover my eye.

I have found that most of us conservatives find the word "cooperate" when used in references to dealing with the government as totally reprehensible so I'm not surprised by your first statement.

If these people are not looking for publicity and "want to be left alone", why was the news media there at their house ready to photograph and report on the situation? How did they hear about it before the incident actually happened? These are not assumptions.

And in response to your last comment, I submit the following excerpt from the Massachusetts State Constitution written by John Adams (one of our greatest founding fathers and defenders of our liberties):

Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments among the people.

They seem like people who want to be left alone not draw attention to themselves.

Please. Have you seen the interviews? They are eating this up, and their whole demeanor smacks of someone who couldn't give a sh!t about their kids, only caring about causing a scene.

And until they come up with a standardized way to ensure the homeschool kids are REALLY being taught, they will just have to live with the consequenses of disobeying the law that is currently in place.

You can't simply choose not to follow a law that you don't like, which is already in place. You have work to get the law changed.