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The Statue of Liberty: “Send THESE, not those?”

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Gordon C. Stewart

Statue of Liberty, NY, NY

“Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” – Emma Lazarus, Jewish American author; inscription, Statue of Liberty, New York, New York

“Send these, the [Christian] homeless, tempest tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” – Sen. Ted Cruz

Click “Ted Cruz’s Religious Test for Syrian Refugees” for Amy Davidson’s November 16 article in The New Yorker.

Gordon C. Stewart, Chaska, MN, Nov. 19, 2015

2 thoughts on “The Statue of Liberty: “Send THESE, not those?””

Mona Gustafson Affinito on November 19, 2015 at 9:41 am said:

Keep attacking it from all angles. Your message will eventually win out.

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- Gordon C. Stewart on November 19, 2015 at 11:51 am said:
  
  Thanks, Mona.
  
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