Slate
September 13, 2010
Republican opponents of the proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero constantly invoke the feelings of 9/11 families. "It's a very bad idea to build that mosque and center that close to Ground Zero," Newt Gingrich said yesterday on Fox News Sunday. "It is, in fact, an affront to virtually all the families who lost loved ones at 9/11." On Meet the Press, Rudy Giuliani agreed: "The people [it's] hurting here most are the families that have lost loved ones. … Eighty or 90 percent feel extremely hurt by this. It's making them relive the pain. They should be the ones to get the most consideration."
But what's behind those feelings? Why do these families object to a house of worship for Muslims who had nothing to do with 9/11?
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