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eHarmony Forced to Set Up Gay Dating Site

Posted by Madeline Holler

The option for gays to stay at home to find a date have just broadened. A New York judge ruled that eHarmony, on the of the big players in online dating, must also facilitate hook-ups for gays and lesbians.

Love it.

The company eHarmony said it will launch the new same-sex dating site, named "Compatible Partners," by March 31.

From Yahoo!:

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.

Recall, eHarmony was founded by evangelical Christian Dr. Neil Clark Warren and it also had ties to James Dobson's Focus on the Family (which is having a bunch of financial problems right now ... just putting that out there).

So now that we can't legally discriminate against gays for dating services, surely -- SURELY! --discrimination against gays who want to get legally wed can't be far behind.

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Comments

 

Bunny said:

While I'm all for letting gay folks do anything they like, I have trouble imagining why they would want to use eHarmony when there are so many other dating sites out there that aren't run by creepy evangelicals.

November 19, 2008 5:35 PM
 

Shannon LC Cate said:

Was this ruling based on a NY State anti-discrimination law?

Not that I don't agree with Bunny, but it's nice to see e-harmony kicked in the pants.  Next up: "Sandals" resorts, which ban gay couples (while taking money from same-sex headed families at their "beaches" resorts).

November 20, 2008 2:29 PM
 

Allison said:

So maybe if I sue my neighborhood vegetarian restaraunt, they will have to serve me a steak?  This is one of the all-time dumbest things I have ever heard of.  E-Harmony sucks for settling this case and giving in to such a meritless lawsuit.

November 21, 2008 12:45 PM
 

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