We have been flying the flag of South Dakota in honor of Govornor Mike Rounds and the South Dakota Legislature for enacting HB 1215, "Women's Health and Human Life Protection Act," which banned all prenatal murders (commonly known as abortions) in the state, with the exception of those necessary to save the life of the mother. Yesterday, South Dakota voters rejected that law, most likely because there was no exception for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. The voters in South Dakota apparently agree with the rest of the nation: one atrocity deserves another. So the holocaust continues, and the SD flag comes down.

The citizens of South Dakota had the opportunity to stop the murders of the most helpless and innocent among us. They chose not to.

For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!" -John Greenleaf Whittier

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -Harriet Beecher Stowe

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. -Proverbs 14:12

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. -Judges 17:6