So pro-family he disowns his daughter

Every family has complex relationships and internal conflicts that can cause hard feelings. But I can only imagine what it’s like when Alan Keyes’ family gathers for the holidays.

Maya Keyes loves her father and mother. She put off college and moved from the family home in Darnestown to Chicago to be with her dad on a grand adventure. Even though she disagrees with him on “almost everything” political, she worked hard for his quixotic and losing campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Now Maya Keyes — liberal, lesbian and a little lost — finds herself out on her own. She says her parents — conservative commentator and perennial candidate Alan Keyes and his wife, Jocelyn — threw her out of their house, refused to pay her college tuition and stopped speaking to her.

That Alan Keyes sure is a classy guy, isn’t he? Funny, when he lectures the rest of us about not being “pro-family” enough, Keyes never mentioned his willingness to turn his back on his own daughter. I’m sure it was just an oversight.