Post by StonerStudent on Feb 15, 2005 1:42:09 GMT -5
LESBIAN
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The daughter of conservative Republican Alan Keyes referred to herself Monday as a “liberal queer” and urged support for gay and lesbian young people who have been deserted by their families.
Maya Marcel-Keyes, 19, addressed a rally sponsored by the gay-rights group Equality Maryland, saying she was motivated to speak out because of her rocky relationship with her parents and the recent death of a friend who had fallen ill after being thrown out of the house by his family.
Marcel-Keyes told several hundred supporters that her sexuality had created a rift in her relationship with her parents.
“Things just came to a head. Liberal queer plus conservative Republican just doesn’t mesh well,” she said. “That was making my life a little bit turbulent.”<br>
Later, Marcel-Keyes told CNN her parents “were not too pleased” when they learned she was a lesbian, but she said she loves them “very much, and they love me. They can’t support my activities.”<br>
Her father, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Illinois last year, created a stir in August when he said during an interview that homosexuality was “selfish hedonism” and that Vice President dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter was a sinner.
In a statement issued Monday night, Keyes said: “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.”<br>
Marcel-Keyes said she received an outpouring of support when disclosing her sexual orientation, but her friend did not.
“Like me, he grew up queer in a conservative household,” she said. But where she got hundreds of e-mails, offers of a place to stay and a college scholarship, “he’d been out there two years and had gotten nothing.”<br>
“And the worst part is, he isn’t the only one,” Marcel-Keyes said.
I know I'm a terrible......but that is the funniest thing I heard in along time. I'm a conservative but that is just to ironic. I feel for her and won't wish Allen Keyes on anybody.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The daughter of conservative Republican Alan Keyes referred to herself Monday as a “liberal queer” and urged support for gay and lesbian young people who have been deserted by their families.
Maya Marcel-Keyes, 19, addressed a rally sponsored by the gay-rights group Equality Maryland, saying she was motivated to speak out because of her rocky relationship with her parents and the recent death of a friend who had fallen ill after being thrown out of the house by his family.
Marcel-Keyes told several hundred supporters that her sexuality had created a rift in her relationship with her parents.
“Things just came to a head. Liberal queer plus conservative Republican just doesn’t mesh well,” she said. “That was making my life a little bit turbulent.”<br>
Later, Marcel-Keyes told CNN her parents “were not too pleased” when they learned she was a lesbian, but she said she loves them “very much, and they love me. They can’t support my activities.”<br>
Her father, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Illinois last year, created a stir in August when he said during an interview that homosexuality was “selfish hedonism” and that Vice President dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter was a sinner.
In a statement issued Monday night, Keyes said: “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.”<br>
Marcel-Keyes said she received an outpouring of support when disclosing her sexual orientation, but her friend did not.
“Like me, he grew up queer in a conservative household,” she said. But where she got hundreds of e-mails, offers of a place to stay and a college scholarship, “he’d been out there two years and had gotten nothing.”<br>
“And the worst part is, he isn’t the only one,” Marcel-Keyes said.
I know I'm a terrible......but that is the funniest thing I heard in along time. I'm a conservative but that is just to ironic. I feel for her and won't wish Allen Keyes on anybody.
(Oh, and Cher - IMO Chastity's revelation gave HER a good kick in the backside that was long overdue