[Melas]

If I'm in err there, I would like to hear it. It is at this time my understanding that Dr. Keyes will not speak to his daughter. If indeed she won't speak to him, I'd be glad to come down hard on her for being cruel to her father.

[k2blader]

I don't have access to the full story, but based on the excerpts on this thread, and taking it *in context* this was what I gleaned about whether or not they're talking to each other and why:

Maya, 19, says her parents cut her off because of who she is -- "a liberal queer." Tomorrow, she will take her private dispute with her dad into the open. She is scheduled to make her debut as a political animal, speaking at a rally in Annapolis sponsored by Equality Maryland, the state's gay rights lobby.

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She wrote to her parents to tell them about tomorrow's speech, but says she got no response.

Maya took a certain action and received a certain reaction. Is the latter not acceptable to you? What do you think her parents should say about her speaking for a homo-rights lobby that they haven't said already?