California Conservative

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-tossed to me.

So reads the inscription on the base of the Statue of Liberty. For generations, it has called out to the poor and oppressed of the world, offering a haven that was regarded world-wide as a land of hope, freedom, and opportunity.

But today, in 2005, a new kind of beacon is calling many in America, who feel poor, oppressed, and tired of their current way of life. It calls out to those misfits, who don’t ever feel like they fit in no matter what they do.

For many, that beacon is Islam; those who answer its call too frequently are consumed by its fire, just as the moth who flies into the candle’s flame.

Laura Mansfield offers a very insightful perspective.

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