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#777535
Will
Instead of sueing eHarmony, why not use a gay matchmaking service, or match.com?
Also, how is sueing an online dating service harmful to Hhristians?
11/21/2008 9:02:12 PM
#777543
anonymous
That is kind of ridiculous, they don't have to offer that service, I'm sure there are other places out there. I mean, this is the Internet.
11/21/2008 9:07:13 PM
#777544
Lucilius
Don't worry, dude, they don't want to sleep with you.
11/21/2008 9:07:22 PM
#777553
MK
Well, I can see it. By refusing to offer services to homosexuals, they were effectively practicing discrimination and refusing to sell their services to that particular demographic. It would be equivalent to a business like eBay refusing to let blacks sell their stuff on the site.
It relates to Christianity because eHarmony was founded by a fundamentalist Christian, who specifically set up the site to only permit men to look for women, or women to look for men - no gays need apply. The site's founder pretty much openly stated that he intended it to further Christian relationship values.
11/21/2008 9:10:24 PM
#777556
Jeffro
The suit was actually filed in 2005.
As a gay man I didn't get it either, they don't want me, I don't want them. But apparently it is a violation of State laws against discrimination. I still won't use their service.
Regardless, how is this 'horrible to Christians'? And did you just say 'shenanigans'?
11/21/2008 9:11:44 PM
#777557
Marcus
I can understand this one because the founder of eHarmony is a Christian and the service is a private company. As such, they should be allowed to offer or exclude whatever services they choose. If they choose not to offer dating connections for homosexuals, so be it.
This is one case of the minority dictating to the majority.
11/21/2008 9:12:58 PM
#777558
Old Viking
And the Jews were horrible to the Nazis.
11/21/2008 9:13:51 PM
#777560
@Will: I believe eHarmony is run by Christians that use their faith as a guiding principle, though they don't have any specific religious requirements for use of service.
11/21/2008 9:15:24 PM
#777562
Efrain
Minori, you have no right to declare shenanigans. You didn't even do it right. I call shenanigans on your use of the word shenanigans.
11/21/2008 9:16:22 PM
#777563
Paschal Wagner
"I used to be cool with the gay rights movement until they started demanding rights for gays."
11/21/2008 9:16:36 PM
#777575
breakerslion
Cue the pie chart please.
11/21/2008 9:25:40 PM
#777584
Doctor Whom
I have my issues with that suit, but as far as Christians are concerned, there's the minor detail of Romans 13:1-5, which doesn't have an exception for anti-discrimination laws.
11/21/2008 9:29:28 PM
#777597
Amanda
Shenanigans? So gay people are like Dennis the Menace?
11/21/2008 9:38:51 PM
#777610
The newest excuse: I'm not a bigot, I just want to strip away every right of theirs i can because of all these crazy protests/lawsuits!
11/21/2008 9:43:33 PM
#777624
Atheist Amy
I would be willing to bet that you have never been "pretty cool" with the gay rights movement.
11/21/2008 9:50:58 PM
#777642
conservativevoice
I am pro gay rights and found this offensive. So they don't cater to your group..so what? Guess what e-Harmony kicks about 20% of HETERO applicants.
This is like going to a book store and if they don't have any books you like, suing them. No one is saying you cannot have gay dating services, it is just that this particular service did not cater to gays.
I think our society is getting WAY too sue happy.
11/21/2008 10:05:25 PM
#777651
KathleenTheTerrible
@ conservativevoice
Tits or GTFO.
11/21/2008 10:10:42 PM
#777696
aaa
I just see a lawsuit for ripping off some money.
11/21/2008 10:51:27 PM
#777708
Slayer
Although those people have no right to sue eHarmony for this, how is it any different from the millions of other frivolous lawsuits that straight people file every year?
As for the bitching about the gay rights movement... This isn't part of the gay rights movement, because having an internet matchmaking service cater to your sexual preference isn't a right or civil liberty.
11/21/2008 10:56:53 PM
#777729
Illuminatalie
They've been nothing short of horrible to Christians!!
Poor dear, how you must have suffered.
Though overall I agree that if it's a private company, they can restrict their clientele to only the most avid self-flagellators, for all anyone should care.
11/21/2008 11:05:07 PM
#777746
The Lazy One
I didn't submit this because of the feeling that the suit was ridiculous- I think that it is a stupid lawsuit. eHarmony could only want to match people who like playing Ping-Pong on the roof for all I care. I submitted this because of the "Oh teh noes we're being oppressed" mentality Minori has.
Sorry- I didn't really mention that in my background comment.
11/21/2008 11:18:22 PM
#777747
Ken R.
Although I consider myself liberal, I believe that eHarmony has every right to discriminate against whomever they wish, just as I have a right not to do business with them. In fact, I'd tell people not to do business with them because they discriminate against homosexuals; I think that's more effective than suing them. Maybe I'm incorrect.
That isn't to say I don't believe the poster of this garbage isn't batshit insane- they are clearly batshit insane.
11/21/2008 11:18:33 PM
#777748
Shadoboy
Both parties here have a bad deed. The lawsuit is ridiculous and makes me a sad panda. And Minori with the persecution complex.
11/21/2008 11:19:08 PM
#777749
GigaGuess
I kinda have to agree with conservativevoice on this one...however, screeching about this being anything more than a slight on Christianity, if any manner of attack at all is just ludicrous.
11/21/2008 11:20:54 PM
#777754
Tina
What self-respecting gay person would WANT that creepy old man matchmaking them? Unfortunately, there really aren't any good gay dating sites, just 'lots of creepy people posting photos for you to browse through'. It'd be nice if there was a gay equivalent to eharmony, created by someone who's spent years studying what makes same-sex couples tick.
11/21/2008 11:28:21 PM
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