Call me traditional, but anyone who would lie or grossly misrepresent themselves to meet a woman, get a job, or say, be elected president of the United States of America, is beyond educating. Moralizing and punishment is futile, these have reached sociopath status.

Important legislation being considered by the South Dakota Legislature today includes the overhaul of the state juvenile justice system, domestic violence changes, quarantine for contagious diseases, immunizations, sex offender requirements, gambling taxes, DUI and human trafficking.

If those in the military who are diagnosed with depression anxiety or some other form of “mental illness” refuse to take those prescribed drugs, then they are kicked to the curb by the government that they served. Why are the medical institutions prescribing drugs to Americans that were illegal “street drugs” back in the 50’s?

What is a worldview? David Noebel, author of Understanding the Times, writes “[It’s] any ideology, philosophy, theology, movement or religion that provides an overarching approach to understanding God, the world and man’s relations to God and the world.” So a worldview is the framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and the world.

Last Wednesday, the House State Affairs Committee heard testimony on two anti-death penalty bills brought by “Republican” Rep. Steve Hickey of Sioux Falls. The first was HB 1158 to “require that a victim’s opposition to the death penalty be presented at a presentence hearing,” and the second was HB 1159 to “permit South Dakotans to express opposition to the death penalty when applying for a state issued identification card.”

The Laws of Nature’s God was acknowledged by American jurisprudence and referred to in the Declaration of Independence. William Blackstone, our founder’s law professor, stated, “Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation (Bible), depend all human laws; that is to say, no human laws should be suffered to contradict these.” War against Law is war against God - and it is un-American.

Several important bills will be considered by the South Dakota legislature today. One of the most important deals with the latest effort of liberal legislators to give taxpayer-funded government health care benefits to pregnant illegal aliens. There are also four bills being considered today which are aimed at repealing the death penalty in South Dakota. If you don’t know why this is a horrible idea, please take the time to learn.

Some of the important bills being considered by the South Dakota Legislature today include a couple of concealed carry bills, a pardon for a “t-rex” scientist, abortion reporting, mental exams for convicted criminals, returning voting rights to convicted velons, providing taxpayer funded government health care to pregnant illegal aliens, female genital mutilation, and more.

The 2015 South Dakota Legislative Session is fully underway, and these are some of the important bills the legislature is scheduled to consider today. These bills include local control of education, ridding the state of Daylight Savings Time, seatbelt fines, juvenile justice reform, and more.

These are some of the important bills being considered today in the South Dakota Legislature. Among the legislation being considered is one that seeks to limit the authoirty of delegates to an Article V convention, human traffickers, appropriations for natural resource conservation, gambling taxes, election law, and a major overhaul of the juvenile justice system.