Posted on 02/26/2005 1:27:31 PM PST by srm913
Republican disowns lesbian daughter
Gary Younge Saturday February 26, 2005
Guardian When the leading Republican and rightwing pundit Alan Keyes was asked what he thought of Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of the US vice-president, he called her "a selfish hedonist". If his own daughter came out as a lesbian, said Mr Keyes, he would say the same thing.
So when Mr Keyes' only daughter, Maya Marcel-Keyes, declared herself a "liberal queer" at a public rally he lived up to his word. Her parents turned her out of their house, broke off all communication and stopped paying her university tuition fees.
Ms Keyes told a rally supporting gay young people in Maryland: "We have to figure out what we can do to make sure that during those times when it seems like everything in the world is turning against them, like everyone in the world is rejecting them, that they know there are resources out there they can turn to; there are people out there who will say to them, 'I care'."
Ms Keyes joins a list of gay people with rightwing relatives, including Mary Cheney and Candace Gingrich, the sister of Republican congressman Newt Gingrich. But Mr Keyes, a darling of the religious right, has been more outspoken on the issue than most.
Ms Keyes says her parents were "not too pleased" when she came out. "Things just came to a head. Liberal queer plus conservative Republican just doesn't mesh well."
Her older brother has offered her somewhere to stay and she has been given a scholarship to continue at college.
"My daughter is an adult, and she is responsible for her own actions. What she chooses to do has nothing to do with my work or political activities," Mr Keyes said in a statement.
Ms Keyes says she loves her parents and "totally understands" their position.
Ditto. I also would not disown blood unless they tried to take out another family member (and i mean life not political standing).
What we are witnessing here is being played out on many stages around the world. It is a collision of worldviews. On the one side you have liberal religionists who rely more on subjective feelings vs. Biblical truth.
There is a fight going on for the Church, one that Satan has orchestrated by disguising himself as an angel of light and infected the Church with the liberalism of the postmodernists.
Jesus made it clear that the gates of hell would not prevail against His Church, so be assured, those of us who stand on Biblical truth will not lose this fight.
After ROFL, the only question I can think of for you is this:
Is that how all the crap got in?
I don't know who died and made you the authority on Christianity and I don't know what made you think you could come on here the day you signed in and takeover a thread, but you're wrong on both counts.
Totally agree..they're my kids...they will always have a home.
Hardly.
Sorry..bad example...don't see how you can equate the two.
"You can bet the farm the only person Keyes will ever blame is his daughter."
I have always held the position that anything I did't like about my children was due to something I did wrong.
That attitude has given me children that fill me to bursting with pride and joy. The most recent thing I found out about one of them doing has brought unspeakable joy to the lives of two people he never met.
The reason you don't see discussion of adultery is because the topic is not about adultery.
If you want a discussion on adultery then start a thread on adultery.
For what, having the courage to stand up for what he believes? Just where do you draw the line? Do you even care to draw a line? Even Keyes daughter understood the "why" of this situation. Every hear of the prodical son? He let him go do his thing, but not in his house. You welcome them back when they change with open arms... but you don't change your value system to accomadate known sins to God.
They're baaaaack...
Good passage, but you left out the parallel passage in Luke 17:3-4;
3Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you,[a] rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you,[b] saying, "I repent,' you shall forgive him."
God does not forgive the unrepentant sinner, and neither are we required to forgive the unrepentent. We can love them and have a forgiving spirit that is eager to forgive, but forgiveness is a 2 way street. The offending party must first realize they have sinned against you and repent before genuine forgiveness can be extended. Unless you think you are more loving and more moral than God.
My love for my kids is unconditional..they will always have a home....I'm their dad, and they are the most important "things" in my life.
Funny how they always leave out Luke 17:3-4 that is a parallel passage and makes the point of how forgiveness comes about with full force of clarity.
AHHHH...You mean we should read the scriptures in CONTEXT??
Wow, what a concept...
;-)
Great post!
It appears to me that yes there are those Keyes-haters and you know who you are, who are using this just as an excuse to bash Keyes, regardless of what the thread is about, and yes there seems to be those who have grudges against Christian hypocrisy and maybe just Christianity in general, who have projected such feelings here on this thread and you know who you are.
And there are those sincere individuals who mis-apply Scripture to condemn Keyes behavior and no you don't know who you are.
Thanks for that post...but I don't see where it says that you should kick them out of your house or disown them.
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