Where does it end?
NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Online dating service eHarmony has agreed to create a new website for gays and lesbians as part of a settlement with a gay man in New Jersey, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General said on Wednesday.
The website will provide a dating service with “male seeking a male” or “female seeking a female” options, the Attorney General’s office said in a statement.
eHarmony said it will launch the new same-sex dating site, named “Compatible Partners,” by March 31.
The settlement was the result of a discrimination complaint filed by Eric McKinley against eHarmony in 2005, which will be dismissed under the settlement agreement.
eHarmony was founded in 2000 by evangelical Christian Dr. Neil Clark Warren and had ties with the influential religious conservative group Focus on the Family.
The New Jersey complaint is not the only legal action to be brought against eHarmony for failing to provide a same-sex option.
In March, lawyers in California brought a lawsuit against the company on behalf of San Francisco resident Linda Carlson, who was denied access to eHarmony because she is gay.
“We believe that this case is now essentially moot, and we’re confident that we will prove that in court,” eHarmony vice president Antone Johnson said in a statement about the California case. http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews…
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I voted against prop 8, and I doubt we agree on much, but this is ridiculous.
You might notice it was a settlement, meaning there was no ruling on it. They weren’t forced to provide the same-sex option, they just got scared and gave in.
I guess I’ll apply for the UNCF (U nited N egro C ollege F und) as long as the government is forcing everyone to allow everyone into everything for fear of upsetting someone.
let’s hope so.
I think Obama will force Christians to date Muslims on these sites.
Somebody already correctly answered this, but I’ll say it again:
It was a SETTLEMENT, meaning eHarmony decided that rather than go to court, they would rather offer same sex seekers a website as well. There was no court or government agency mandating they offer this service and I’m glad no government force did, since that would be an improper infringement on a private company IMO (same as how a religious group or person like a pastor can’t be forced to marry someone he doesn’t want to or believe in another religions beliefs).
You forget eHarmony is a BUSINESS and above all wants to make a profit, so they probably figured that they’d rather PROFIT and MAKE MONEY off a gay dating website than waste money on lawyer fees for the lawsuit.