Maya Keyes interview on CNN with Wolf Blitzer, Monday, February 14, 2005And:"WOLF BLITZER: Has there been a complete falling-out now between you and your father?
"MAYA KEYES: No. I love my parents very much. And they love me. And they disagree with what I'm doing at the moment. And, as such, they can't support me in this activity, but they are still always going to love me. I know that."
"TODD: A source close to the Keyes family says this whole situation has been devastating for everyone concerned, but the source says, through it all, Maya and her parents are still speaking . . . ."
METRO WEEKLY: Tell us a little about your life growing up in your father's household.Alan Keyes:MAYA MARCEL-KEYES: Well, it was fairly normal. My parents are good parents.
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MW: Did you at any point think that your being gay could change their minds about homosexuality?
MARCEL-KEYES: No. My parents believe what they believe because of their religion. My mom, if possible, is even more conservative than my dad. I didn't think it would change anything. If you think that something is morally wrong, just because somebody you know is doing it doesn't mean that you start accepting it. So if people like my parents really believe it is a sin, then because I'm sinning isn't suddenly going to make them stop and think, "Oh, well, it's okay now."
MW: You admire their dedication to their principles?
MARCEL-KEYES: Yes. They have a lot of integrity. I think they're wrong on this issue and I wish they would change, but I don't think they're going to.
MW: What are your feelings towards them?
MARCEL-KEYES: I love them. They're my parents.
MW: And what do you think their feelings are towards you?
MARCEL-KEYES: I think they love me. They're probably very upset at the moment, but they love me.
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MW: Are you upset with how the media have handled your story?
MARCEL-KEYES: There have been a lot of rabid media who don't care about anything I have to say. It's weird because all they want to know is do I hate my father, trying to get me to say bad things about him, trying to get me to say that I'm angry [at him], and none of that is true. He's my father and I respect his decisions.
MW: Do you think your father would be good in government?
MARCEL-KEYES: He has a lot of integrity. He's a very honest person and I think he would be better than a lot of politicians. He actually stands for what he believes in. I don't agree with what he believes in, but a lot of people in this country do. He would make a good representative for those people.
http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=1468
ALAN KEYES: The heterosexual relationship--and this is acknowledged in the homosexual literature and everything else--the heterosexual relationship is haunted by the possibility of the child. And that possibility means, what? That possibility means that you have to commit yourself, somewhere in your head, to the possibility of a lifelong commitment that involves not only selfish pleasure, but sometimes sacrifice and burdensome grief.These are the things that we must discuss if we are to have a rational discussion of how we preserve the institution of marriage. Trying to turn this issue into an issue of personality is again, as I have often said about the media, an effort to engage in polemics.
I think that the great error here would be to try to turn this into a question of personalities. But as I said to someone the other day, if my own daughter were a homosexual or a lesbian, I would love my daughter, but I would tell my daughter that she was in sin. And I would love her and pray for her and try to open her heart to the truth of God's intention for her life. That's what I would do.
(Q&A with Alan Keyes on homosexual relationships, September 01, 2004, New York City)
http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/media/interviews/04_09_01reporters.htm
I will hope that your post is an accurate reflection of how the Keyes actually feel about their daughter vs. the reporting in the news article at the top of this thread.