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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...

The recent revelations regarding Maya Keyes, the daughter of Ambassador Alan Keyes came as no surprise to me. I’m one of the few thousand who knew about her romantic relationship with a young woman from New Jersey, but I believed it was none of anyone’s business. The more I read the blogs of Maya and her friends, the more I became convinced the struggles of young people with their identity were not intended to be viewed by the world. I’ve kept silence and have committed the matter to prayer. Now that a host of media outlets are reporting the Maya...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The daughter of conservative Republican Alan Keyes (search) referred to herself Monday as a "liberal queer" and urged support for gay and lesbian young people who have been deserted by their families.

(CBS) The 19-year-old daughter of Alan Keyes has a Valentine for the anti-gay rights conservative pundit and frequent Republican candidate. Maya Marcel-Keyes will be making her first public appearance as a gay activist at a Valentine Day's rally in front of the Maryland State House, says Dan Furmansky, the leader of Equality Maryland, a gay rights group. Last summer her father, a conservative pundit and frequent Republican candidate, caused a stir during the Republican convention by labeling Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter a sinner and calling homosexuality "selfish hedonism." "It was kind of strange that he said it like a...

Valentine's Day Rally in Annapolis Featuring Maya Marcel-Keyes, daughter of Alan Keyes and a self-described young queer anarchist who grew up in Darnestown, MD. Maya is speaking publicly for the first time about LGBT issues. Don’t miss this important rally at 5 p.m. in front of the state house on February 14, also featuring Judy Shepard and other community leaders.

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...

Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich was noticeably absent from the “Defend Maryland Marriage” rally in Annapolis last week, which drew about 1,000 protesters to Annapolis calling for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the state. In his place, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele made an appearance and expressed his support for traditional unions while remaining mum on whether he backs an amendment to the Maryland Constitution barring gay couples from marrying. “We are here to affirm that marriage is only between a man and a woman,” Steele said. “We need to make it clear where Maryland stands.” Shareese N. DeLeaver, Ehrlich’s...

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