Are your rights to protest more important than my rights to grieve?

We have to protest about our rights. We're not criminals. We want to be here because we're seeking the best future for our families.

Whatever their protest was about, what they were attempting to do to the flag - which represents a lot of rights and freedoms that we all have - was wrong for a lot of reasons. Not only does it desecrate the flag, but it also desecrates the effort and the lives that have been laid down to protect those rights and freedoms for all of us.

Whenever women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It is an unfounded argument. It is not Islam at fault, but rather the patriarchal culture that uses its own interpretations to justify whatever it wants.

We wanted the most dignified funeral we could have for him because that's the kind of person he was.

It is the time for the South Dakota Legislature to deal with this issue and protect the lives and rights of unborn children.