What he should do? Why, throw her out, of course, just like he did. 
Posted on 02/13/2005 8:46:21 AM PST by Scenic Sounds
M aya Keyes loves her father and mother. She put off college and moved from the family home in Darnestown to Chicago to be with her dad on a grand adventure. Even though she disagrees with him on "almost everything" political, she worked hard for his quixotic and losing campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Now Maya Keyes -- liberal, lesbian and a little lost -- finds herself out on her own. She says her parents -- conservative commentator and perennial candidate Alan Keyes and his wife, Jocelyn -- threw her out of their house, refused to pay her college tuition and stopped speaking to her.
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"In my father's view, financing my college would be financing my politics, in a sense," Maya says, "because I plan to be an activist after college."
The gay issue aside, why would he finance someone adverse to his political views and goals, i.e. finance the enemy?
I doubt this is first time she has openly proclaimed her homosexual lifestyle in spite of being aware of her father's belief that it is morally wrong..
No, I don't think you're wrong. Although many Jews marry outside the religion, and this results in more secular people and fewer Jews. Most Jews, as you know, are liberal and think and vote in an almost secular manner. Conservative (political not the religious sect) Jews have to contend with all their kid's friends being liberal and a liberal message from the Rabbi. We are not liberal in the slightest and therefore are a minority within a minority.
I don't think of taking revenge quite as strongly as you did, (and I am glad you did not get caught).
My wife (before she met me) was living in a apartment with several roomates, one who moved out and her boyfriend stayed in. My wife called the police and the cop came and searched his stuff and found drugs. "Did you know about this? he asked her, "say no" he added. They told him to get out and he did.
Well, it may seem strange, but it does happen. Some parents put family ahead of politics. Some people put a whole lot of things ahead of politics. ;-)
This is the adult daughter's view of the situation. Why might it not just as fairly be said she quit talking to them?
As for the parents' refusing to pay for her education when she has made it clear to them she intends to use that education to become a liberal activist to undercut her parents' values and beliefs, I would say the parents are making a rational and fully justifiable decision.
I have no issue with paying her way. It's the removal the familial support that troubles me.
Sad story.
I find it hard to believe her mother won't talk to her either.
Good post.
As the saying goes, Christian nurture and education is to enable the children to see with their own eyes, not give them our own.
And what is *your* take on this story, Scenic? :-)
BTW, I clicked the link to try to read the whole story before commenting, but at the moment it is "under maintenance".
She might have a bias.
"but not talking to the child just seems incredibly wrong to me."
I may be that the parents refuse to discuss some issues with her. Her actions are very overtly hostile, regardless of what she says her motives are.
Does anybody here remember what Connie's nome de Freep was?
And why she got banned?
I think this whole thing is illustrative, it is best described by liberals in action. They have affairs, lie and cheat on their taxes and are considered normal. A conservative does the same thing and he is worse than an adulterer, liar and cheater. When a liberals child lives a sodomite lifestyle the lax attitude at home is praised as tolerance and acceptance. When a conservatives child chooses this behavior it is because the rules of the family were too strict, and judgmentalism caused the rebellion. Either way, the child chose the behavior the parents the response. I will bet that the wayward child of the conservative has a much better chance of finding their way to a happy life than the liberal. The liberals child will all of their life revel in their "difference", while the conservatives child will at least be well aware that their life is in opposition to any real measurement of importance. Like their families love, and the will of the creator.
I = It
For a "followerofchrist" you seem to have a strange bias against "fundamentalists".
Have you ever stopped to consider the folks you are accusing are raising their kids in a godly way, but the kids are naturally rotten all on their own, and doing right by these kids won't make them *be* right?
When my sis and I were growing up, our parents told us, firmly but lovingly, "This is our house. As long as you are living here, well fed and well provided for, you will obey our rules." And, of course, at times we rebelled, but they set up wise boundaries for us, which (I think) made us better, disciplined people in the long run.
There comes a time when every person is held accountable for himself.
What he should do? Why, throw her out, of course, just like he did.
This is more than rejection of a father's values, this is exploitation of Dr. Keyes.
Let us assume that Maya's father was not prominent in any way whatsoever, yet shared Dr. Keyes' values - this story would receive no publicity at all, and Maya would not have received a grant to attend university. She would have found it a tougher road: but because she can step on her father's name, she gets grants, and it is very likely the liberal establishment will take care of her once she graduates.
I feel deeply sorry for the good Doctor, who was there for us on "St. Crispin's Day", and spoke with such wonderful clarity during impeachment. To have a child reject your values is one thing, to have that child exploit your fame and profit by that exploitation is another.
Regards, Ivan
Well, I'm not surprised that Alan Keyes has fathered a child who wants to be an activist, or who is outspoken. LOL. The acorn didn't fall far from the tree in that respect.
Not being female, I've never personally given birth to a baby, but I suspect giving birth to an adult is often every bit as painful as giving birth to a baby. It's more a process than an event and I'm thinking that dad here might someday regret his decision to discontinue his participation.
I'm confident that you were always much easier on your parents!!! ;-)
Dont forget godless.. Look my mother raised seven kids, all the exact same way! and some of us got into trouble, and some of us did not. Some went to school and got Engineering Degrees and some did not finish High school. You cant look at *your* neighbors, and *your* friends and come to any valid conclusion with the scope that you just did.
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