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Alan Keyes' daughter out of the closet and out of the house
The Illinois Leader ^ | Feb 14, 2005 | The Leader-Chicago Bureau

Posted on 02/14/2005 9:46:45 AM PST by metalmanx2j

MARYLAND - Scheduled to speak at an Equality Maryland rally for gay rights today, Maya Keyes, 19, daughter of former Illinois Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes, is speaking publicly for the first time about her sexuality and her soured relationship with her parents. Both Advocate.com and The Washington Post ran articles over the weekend wherein Maya Keyes discussed the situation.

Read Maya Keyes' interview with Advocate.com:

Maya Keyes ends speculation about her sexuality.

On Sunday, Marc Fisher of the Washington Post reported,

Maya 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.

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.

She plans to talk about "what it was like for me growing up as a liberal queer in a very conservative household. I've known so many other people in a position like mine, where their families really don't want much to do with them. Maybe I can help by talking about it."

The issue of Maya Keyes' sexuality came up during the 2004 U.S. Senate race in Illinois when Capitol Fax publisher Rich Miller discovered a blog apparently populated by Maya that discussed her family and her sexuality and included pictures of her kissing another girl. The story remained underground during the Senate campaign thanks in large measure to the campaign's unwillingness to confirm or deny that the blog was indeed Maya's.

According to Fisher's piece in the Washington Post, despite the fact that Maya has been kicked out of her home, a San Francisco-based charity, the Point Foundation, has stepped in to provide the money needed for Maya to begin her studies at Brown University.

Interestingly, Maya Keyes seems to harbor little ill will towards her father. Again, from the Washington Post,

Maya still sounds more sad than angry about her situation. "I wouldn't want to do anything to hurt my father," she says. Like other gay relatives of prominent conservatives, she has struggled with how public to be about her sexuality...Maya is looking for work, planning to move in with friends in Washington or a brother in Boston. She hopes to get back in touch with her mom and dad..."It all seems kind of ridiculous," she says, "because I love him. He's my father."

© 2005 IllinoisLeader.com


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: dyke; mayakeyes; pervert; selfishhedonist; trollbait
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To: Harry Pothead

"pictures please..."

Why? Do you get off to two women kissing? How odd.


61 posted on 02/14/2005 10:21:10 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: CindyDawg
I left home at 18 - oh my, was my mom surprised. I learned about the Pell Grant. I collected my $800 per semester and finished in 4 years.

This could definitely be a factor concerning the publicity and all. I can only imagine how much financial support she realizes she's missing out on....

Wish my mom was as rich as Alan and his wife.
62 posted on 02/14/2005 10:21:52 AM PST by Idisarthur
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To: CindyDawg

19? She is just going thru a phase/fade, whatever. I've seen this in young girls quite often. No big deal.


63 posted on 02/14/2005 10:22:36 AM PST by jpsb
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To: ThermoNuclearWarrior

If he's like most dad's he's watching her and will be there to pick her up when she hits bottom.


64 posted on 02/14/2005 10:23:01 AM PST by CindyDawg
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To: jpsb
She is just going thru a phase/fade, whatever.

19 seems a bit old for a passing phase. And obviously it is NOT a passing phase in every case, since many people go on to be lifelong homosexuals.

65 posted on 02/14/2005 10:24:52 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: metalmanx2j

What a shame.

Liberals will make hay over her tragic lifestyle choice.


66 posted on 02/14/2005 10:26:46 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: clee1
One thing homosexuals can not tolerate is criticism. Then they REALLY lash out.

What a tragedy this is - especially for the girl. She needs help.
67 posted on 02/14/2005 10:28:17 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: teenyelliott

She is also emotionally disturbed. She also needs help.

NO ONE, I repeat no one is born that way.


68 posted on 02/14/2005 10:29:36 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: CindyDawg

I'm sure he loves her and he's probably not happy about having to do this. The problem these days is everyone accepts their kids no matter what they do which doesn't help them in the long run.


69 posted on 02/14/2005 10:30:49 AM PST by ThermoNuclearWarrior (PRESSURE BUSH TO CLOSE THE BORDERS!!!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Homosexuality is not like cigarettes. Homosexuality is not like the mumps. It's not an addiction nor is it an illness, it's just the way that some people are... and it not only doesn't matter if it's nature vs nurture, it's just none of anyone's business. It's not even someone's parents' business. As my political hero said, "the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation."

Mark my words, if you are overly interested in the sexuality of another person, you're the one with a serious problem.


70 posted on 02/14/2005 10:30:52 AM PST by Slagathor
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To: Varda
Ummm...no...Could it be that the Cheney's have realized that their daughter has chosen to live a different lifestyle? Who exactly is she hurting? She and her partner have been together for several years apparently...longer than some conservatives stay married to a succession of wives.

The point is that, homosexuality is not a "mental disease". It may be a lifestyle with which we disagree (as I do). But, I could never kick my kid out of the house because he/ she is gay. I would love and support them no matter what...as the Cheney's have done with their daughter.

71 posted on 02/14/2005 10:31:07 AM PST by sofaman
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To: nmh
I'm suprised no one has posted this.

Exodus International - Christian assistance in dealing with homosexuality.
72 posted on 02/14/2005 10:32:10 AM PST by Idisarthur
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To: Veto!
Dick and Lynn Cheney handled the same situation with more grace and understanding. One would think that Alan Keyes and his wife might have picked up some pointers from them.

Mary Cheney is a 30-something woman who lives on her own and is responsible for her own choices. Ms. Keyes was living at home. Comparing the two young women is not fair.

The Keyes family had every right to refuse to allow their daughter to live under their roof if she was not living by their rules. The Keyes are just doing what most responsible parents do: make their adult children take responsibility for their adult actions.

I believe it is Ms. Keyes who could learn something from Mary Cheney about keeping her private life private and not trying to use it to get attention for herself or embarrassing her parents.

73 posted on 02/14/2005 10:33:00 AM PST by Tamar1973 (“Someone who doesn't know the difference between good & evil is worth nothing.”)
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To: metalmanx2j

I can think of nothing that would make me disown my child. I went through a 'phase' during college (mostly partying and experimenting) and if my mother had not loved me, supported (and PRAYED for me) we wouldn't have had the beautiful relationship we did and she couldn't have been the fabulous grandmother to my three children.


74 posted on 02/14/2005 10:40:41 AM PST by sandbar
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To: Slagathor
I think to some extent sexuality is cultivated and not innately within a person.

If I think certain thoughts does that make me that particular "sexuality"?

I think not; however if I dwell on those thoughts, and if MSM and pop culture drills the thoughts into me (LIKE THE COMMUNISTs OF OLD - RE-EDUCATE THEM AND MOCK THEIR GOD) and many say it's cool to experiment; then just maybe I might find myself in that "sexuality".

I've heard it said that many men, Black men, are not gay but they live it out of convenience. The convenience brought upon by no jobs, no girl, no education, no ride, no role models and prison time for some...

I heard one black guy say "[gay] relationships are not supposed to be difficult - like when you with a girl".

Convenience.
75 posted on 02/14/2005 10:43:21 AM PST by Idisarthur
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To: secret garden
She can commiserate with Ron Reagan.

...who may be an idiot and a waste of perfectly good DNA, but is apparently not homosexual. Or I take it his wife would say he's not.

Dan
Biblical Christianity BLOG

76 posted on 02/14/2005 10:45:27 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: metalmanx2j

I guess the joke is on me... After the GI bill, working 2 jobs, and 10 grand in student loans to pay for college, I now know that all I had to be was liberal and gay.


77 posted on 02/14/2005 10:48:20 AM PST by dvldog03
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To: metalmanx2j

Send in the PENGUINS!


78 posted on 02/14/2005 10:50:11 AM PST by funkywbr
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To: metalmanx2j
I think it is worth remembering how Dr. Keyes was there for us during the dark days of Impeachment:

Address to FreeRepublic.com's March For Justice

We should not forget the eloquence and power with which he spoke, and how his radio programme was "Impeachment Central". He deserves at least a modicum of respect and courtesy now that he's fallen onto hard times.

Regards, Ivan

79 posted on 02/14/2005 10:50:43 AM PST by MadIvan (One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If my daughter suddenly became a rabid pro-abort, I don't think I'd have much to do with her...how could I, when I see abortion as murder and she would see it as an "empowering" sacrement.

I'm not saying being a homosexual relates in the same way, even though it IS a sin, but throw in the liberal component, and I'm not sure that Keyes isn't doing the right thing.

Ed


80 posted on 02/14/2005 10:53:05 AM PST by Sir_Ed
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