Please sign this petition re: Honduras
I already posted this in one thread, but I think it might be better with its own thread. Apologies for the mild spammage.
That these famous words by Emma Lazarus grace the Statue of Liberty now bothers me in the extreme:
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
I know this is no more than a symbolic action, but I think it would raise awareness of this issue and of our broken national moral compass to have as many people sign this petition as possible.
http://wh.gov/lLNTY
Remove the plaque memorializing Emma Lazarus's poem from the
base of the Statue of Liberty.
Given the lack of constructive response in the United States to the crisis
of refugee children leaving, in large part, Honduras, to escape horrendous
difficulties, including rape, murder, and impressment into cartel-run gangs;
and given the level of xenophobia and vitriol that is directed toward these
children by far too many Americans, it seems hypocritical for us to continue
to display Emma Lazarus's famous sonnet so prominently in our greatest
symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty.
Therefore, we petition to have The National Park Service remove the memorial
plaque from the base of the Statue of Liberty until such time as the US once
again deserves it.
Retaining the plaque amounts to self-aggrandizing, hypocritical puffery given
the current prevalent attitude in the US
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