[Gelato]

He has known she's a lesbian for years and years.

Maya has given confusing statements on when or what her father knew.

MW: Roughly how long has your father known you are gay?

MARCEL-KEYES: He's known since the end of high school. I graduated in 2003, so a couple of years now.

....

MW: Why was there no conflict while you were working on your father's campaign if he knew you were gay?

MARCEL-KEYES: Well, basically, I think my parents have never really accepted that I was queer. They thought it was a phase. As long as I was quiet about it and it was just them who knew, they could kind of try and push me back toward heterosexuality. But when I actually acknowledged it publicly, then it was sort of like "Oh, gosh, we can't be having that around here."

http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=1468

The fact is, we don't really all know the facts. And without the facts, it is presumptuous for us to judge this family one way or the other.

But none of us are entitled to know all the facts. So we can continue the gossip and speculation, or just leave the family to their own business.

[Peach]

My comments stand. If a family stops talking to a child because the child is gay, I find that disgraceful.

It's in no way an indication that I know the inner-workings of the family or am gossiping. Based on Keyes previous statements about the Cheney daughter, I would not have a difficult time believing that he would stop talking to his daughter just because she's gay.

However, in this thread there is a transcript that sounds like the family is still in communication and that's a good thing. And the daughter accepts that her rebelliousness has resulted in a loss of family financial support.

[From many - one.]

Let's just redo those bolded highlights:

MW: Why was there no conflict while you were working on your father's campaign if he knew you were gay?

MARCEL-KEYES: Well, basically, I think my parents have never really accepted that I was queer. They thought it was a phase. As long as I was quiet about it and it was just them who knew, they could kind of try and push me back toward heterosexuality. But when I actually acknowledged it publicly, then it was sort of like "Oh, gosh, we can't be having that around here."

Hypocrisy.