I can't understand some of this gassing about what Keyes said about Mary Cheney. He said on stage he would tell her X, and if his own daughter were doing the same thing he would tell her X. Now if you read what Maya Keyes said she was told when her dad confronted her, it was X.
The only thing that can give these people any justification for throwing rocks at Keyes is to falsely claim it is confirmed he knew about his own daughter when he made is comments about Cheney's daughter.
I'm beginning to think I may have been on to something with my Mac vs. PC comment earlier. This seems to be more about confirming personal choices in judging the morality of homosexuality than anything else.
The last thing an otherwise moral person who has decided to approve of homosexuality wants to run into is another moral person who says they are selling out for approving it.
David was ready to rip the head off the wicked guy Nathan was describing until he found out it was himself. Most of us don't have a Nathan looking us in the face, so we continue to posture like we'd still rip the wicked guy's head off long after we know it's us because no one can prove we know it's us. It's all about saving face.
Those aren't rocks they're nerf balls. So what if he knew about his daughter then? He was directly asked about Dick Cheney's daughter and asked nothing about his. The essence of the question was "is homosexuality a sin?" The questioner made Lynn Cheney the example. He answered it directly and, for a Bible believing Christian, truthfully.
The way the left acts (and surprisingly so do a lot of self-styled conservatives) you would think Alan Keyes wrote the Scriptures in question.
It's kind of like this:
Q - Is murder a sin?
A - Yes.
Q - Does that make Ted Bundy a sinner?
A - Yes.
"You bigot! who are you to judge Ted Bundy? How intolerant of you! You're a name-caller!"