... the Massachusetts Constitution. That document, written by John Adams (no lesser a founding father than Jefferson), clearly sets the foundation for today's laws governing the interests of the state in the education of the public. So show us the relevant passages. Or do you also expect every FReeper to research the points you make?
If the Mass. constitution truly gives the State authority over children that surpasses parental authority, in education, then perhaps the Mass. constitution exceeds the authority granted to the States by the federal Constitution, the author be damned. I doubt that it does though.
I already quoted the relevant passages days ago. You can read them yourself.
You seem to forget that this country is a union of states each with its own rights to govern as it sees fit. Your claim that the U.S. Constitution grants rights to the states shows your ignorance of Constitutional law. The U.S. Constitution claims certain rights that take precedence over state law but the states are not dependent on the Federal Constitution to grant their rights to them. The Federal Constitution says nothing about public education because the founding fathers clearly and properly felt it was a concern of the states. The U.S. Constitution is irrelevant in the Bryant case.
But you ignore any constitutional authority that doesn't concur with your perceptions of how things should be so you damn John Adams and anyone else who disagrees with you. Stop claiming constitutional rights that don't exist!