Well, I fail to see how it is prideful for us to put up a statue that somebody else gave to us. If we built it ourselves so that we could say "look how great we are" then I could buy into what you're saying. But we didn't. It's like me putting a wedding picture of myself on my mantle that my brother had taken. I'm not putting it there to say "look at me." I'm putting it there because my brother went to all the trouble to take a nice picture of me and my wife and get it framed really nicely, and also it is a nice reminder to myself of what that day means to me. Is that prideful?
I also really don't think that people adore the statue so much as what the statue stands for - liberty. When foreigners get to our country after a long struggle to get here, do they run up and kiss the statue because they love it, or do they kiss the ground because they love this land and the freedom they have here?
As far as people coming from all over the world to see this piece of stone - I must disagree. For one, it's copper, not stone. Two, it's a national monument that is recognized all over the world. People are going to want to see it because people are sight-seers - we love looking at stuff. I recognize the Sydney operahouse, but I don't love it or worship it. I would love to visit it, but that doesn't mean I view it as an idol. Three, it was not built for the purpose of being an idol. Granted, some people will turn anything into an idol, and there's not a whole lot you can do about that. But to say that it was built for the purpose of being an idol and to try to get our nation to exalt itself above God is simply wrong.