So Republican Alan Keyes' daughter, Maya Marcel-Keyes, has come out as a liberal queer. This is a pretty big thing for a young 19 year old woman to do, especially considering her father's stance on homosexuality. It wasn't long ago that he called the daught of fellow Republican Dick Cheney a 'sinner' and homosexuality as "selfish hedonism".

What does Keyes have to say about this? "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." Hmm, I think it kinda does, don't you think?

What does the man who preached 'family values' do in this situation? Seek counseling? Accept it and keep on loving his daughter? Try to convert her? Nope. He kicks her out of the house and stops paying her tuition.

Don't you love parents?

I applaud Maya for her strength, for coming out when she knew she would lose so much. It would be interesting to hear the people who argue that people who are gay learn to be gay - considering that Maya (and I'm sure Mary Cheney) grew up in such conservative households. Or that people choose to be gay - why make a choice like that when you know you'd go through so much pain?

However, I'm starting to rethink my position after reading this list:

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Why homosexual marriage should be banned:

1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control.

2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people can't legally get married because the world needs more children.

3. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.

5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are property, blacks can't marry whites, and divorce is illegal.

6. Gay marriage should be decided by people not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of the minorities.

7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

10. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.

11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to cars or longer life spans.

12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages for gays and lesbians will.

Posted by Yano at February 15, 2005 08:56 PM

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