Melissa wrote:
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Hi Tinkerntom,

On 14 Mar 2005 20:16:06 -0800, you wrote:

Did you get a chance to check out those two links I left for you on
one of our last post prior to the week end? I found them
interesting in that they come from Alan Keyes who is as
representative of the conservative religious right as you can get.
I am wondering if anyone else on that side of the aisle has read
his observations, and is takeing heed? I suspect that there is a
ground swell already building.

When I get a chance I may find those links to have a look, but are
you
aware of the situation between Keyes and his lesbian daughter?

Here's a Washington Post article about them:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Feb12.html

Here's what Maya herself had to say about it:

http://tinyurl.com/6g44n

Sure, she's 19, and responsible for herself, but it wasn't until
after
she "came out" publicly about her sexual orientation that her parents
decided to "cut her loose". Interesting "family values" at the very
least.

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Melissa

PGP Public Keys: http://www.willkayakforfood.tk

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Melissa, that is a very good article, and shows how much hurt there is
in the world even within a family. That it is a family that makes
claims of high ideals, only highlights the difficult issues involved.
This particular issue is very difficult because it strikes at the very
heart of how people identify themselves. I have had to learn that when
we base our identity in our own preconceived ideas, that someone always
is hurt. It is only when we find our identity in Someone greater than
ourselves that the healing can begin. There is no sin that the blood of
Christ does not cover, and the sin of unforgiveness and
self-righteousness required Christ to die just as dead, as for any
other sin. When Maya's folks, find their identity in Christ, they will
not be intimidated by the identity their daughter chooses for herself.
So we need to pray for them all.




I have included the links to Keyes web site, which were posted
originally in regards to a discussion that frtzw906 and I were having
about the involvement of the religious right in conservative politics.
It is post # 1796 in the long thread that has been going on for awhile.



http://tinyurl.com/5s3h6

http://tinyurl.com/62d7v


I find that the religious right, is at best a fickle political
bedfellow, and that there appears to be a rising ground swell of change
in the attitude toward the "right". We will see what happens with it
all. TnT