eHarmony forced to offer same-sex dating services; Update: And now, a class-action lawsuit

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 20, 2008 12:59 AM

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So, this is “progress?” eHarmony, a Christian-targeted dating website, gets sued by a gay man demanding that the business match him up with a same-sex partner. The New Jersey Attorney General intervenes on behalf of the gay plaintiff and forces eHarmony to change its entire business model. To be clear: The company never refused to do business with anyone. Their great “sin” was not providing a specialized service that litigious gay people demanded they provide. This case is akin to a meat-eater suing a vegetarian restaurant for not offering him a ribeye or a female patient suing a vasectomy doctor for not providing her hysterectomy services. Sadly, eHarmony has settled . I wish they hadn’t, but I understand the decision given the chilling antics of the anti-Prop. 8 mob. The company agreed not only to offer same-sex dating services on a new site, but also to offer six-month subscriptions for free to 10,000 gay users. Behold the submission:

Coming soon to EHarmony — Adam and Steve.

The Pasadena-based dating website, heavily promoted by Christian evangelical leaders when it was founded, has agreed in a civil rights settlement to give up its heterosexuals-only policy and offer same-sex matches.

EHarmony was started by psychologist Neil Clark Warren, who is known for his mild-mannered television and radio advertisements. It must not only implement the new policy by March 31 but also give the first 10,000 same-sex registrants a free six-month subscription.

“That was one of the things I asked for,” said Eric McKinley, 46, who complained to New Jersey’s Division on Civil Rights after being turned down for a subscription in 2005.

The company said that Warren was not giving interviews on the settlement. But attorney Theodore Olson, who issued a statement on the company’s behalf, made clear that it did not agree to offer gay matches willingly. “Even though we believed that the complaint resulted from an unfair characterization of our business,” Olson said, “we ultimately decided it was best to settle this case with the attorney general since litigation outcomes can be unpredictable.”

The settlement, which did not find that EHarmony broke any laws, calls for the company to either offer the gay matches on its current venue or create a new site for them. EHarmony has opted to create a site called Compatiblepartners.net.

Warren had said in past interviews that he didn’t want to feature same-sex services on EHarmony — which matches people based on long questionnaires concerning personality traits, relationship history and interests — because he felt he didn’t know enough about gay relationships.

eHarmony had been previously sued by a lesbian looking to force the company to match her up with another woman and by a married man who sought to force the company to hook him up in an adulterous relationship.

Perhaps heterosexual men and women should start filing lawsuits against gay dating websites and undermine their business. Coerced tolerance and diversity-by-fiat cut both ways.

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GayPatriot West gives eHarmony’s capitulation thumbs down.

Update 4pm Eastern 11/20. Geez. Now, a California judge has approved a class-action lawsuit by gays against eHarmony. When it rains, it pours:

(onlinedatingmagazine.com – November 20, 2008) A California Superior Court judge has certified a class action lawsuit against eHarmony.com for discrimination against gays and lesbians in California. The news comes one day after eHarmony settled a case in the State of New Jersey where a gay man accused the company of discrimination. In that settlement, eHarmony agreed to open up a service that matches gays and lesbians.

That announcement had no affect in the California case, which is moving forward.

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  1. #551568
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:19 am, Bicyea said:

    Hey they can post the pictures of themselves from the Folsom Street Fair!

    I think I will sue the Gaymale center and force them to find me (female) a straight man.

  2. #551571
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:23 am, grm355 said:

    For all out there wondering why the LDS (Mormon)Church and other churches asked their members to support Prop. 8 and take a stand to define “Marriage”, this lawsuit is an example of what is coming. There is a active frontal assault on the family unit and the principles that go with it. The LDS Church rarely approaches it’s members to support a cause such as Prop. 8. Having said that I will say the LDS Church does encourage members to be involved politically choosing for themselves ideas they want to support.

    California’s Prop. 8 is not the only battleground. The war is all around us for the hearts and souls of men.

    It’s long overdue that individuals speak up.

  3. #551575
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:26 am, FamilyMan said:

    I want the Mormon church to perform a Buddhist marriage./ sarc
    This is totally out of control.

  4. #551577
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:27 am, BigAnge said:

    Oh, how I long for the days when they were just harmless little perverted freaks…

    http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28491

  5. #551578
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:27 am, FamilyMan said:

    I want my eye Doctor to clean my teeth/sarc
    GGESSSSS!

  6. #551581
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:30 am, warden said:

    Don’t worry. All of the matches will be horribly wrong and Dr. Warren will have his hands up and say “I told you I don’t know anything about the gays.”

    At least that’s my dream.

  7. #551588
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:33 am, FamilyMan said:

    I WANT OUR MICHELLE TO HAVE A LIBERAL BLOG.
    OPPS!!
    THAT MAY HAPPEN…….. FAIRNESS DOCTRINE.

  8. #551590
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:33 am, jsr said:

    No, actually it’s like a lunch counter in Mississippi refusing to serve a Black person

    No, actually it is more like a black person going into a Chinese restaurant, ordering a pizza and crying racism when told they don’t serve pizzas.

  9. #551596
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:35 am, englishqueen01 said:

    I want the Mormon church to perform a Buddhist marriage./

    You KNOW that’s coming, right? Before 2012, churches will – like eHarmony – be sued into peforming these same-sex ceremonies or be forced to close.

    Yay, tolerance! Yay, diversity!

    These people make me sick. It’s time to revolt – take back the First Amendment and protect the actual Constitutional rights of people.

  10. #551597
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:36 am, right4life said:

    this is just another example of what fascists the gays are. Rohm would be proud! :roll:

  11. #551598
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:36 am, wighttrasch said:

    How is it that the courts or government can force a privately owned business to change the services it offers????

    Most go along peacefully when they tell restaurants & other businesses that they cannot allow smoking on their premises due to smoking bans.

    Tobacco is the top of that slippery slope–I keep tellin’ ya!

  12. #551601
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:38 am, JohnnyNJ said:

    ….it’s Obama’s fault.

  13. #551603
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:38 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    This case is akin to a meat-eater suing a vegetarian restaurant for not offering him a ribeye or a female patient suing a vasectomy doctor for not providing her hysterectomy services.

    It isn’t, because omnivores are not a protected class under NJ law.

    The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) prohibits an owner, manager, or employee of any place that offers goods, services and facilities to the general public, such as a restaurant, hotel, doctor’s office, camp, or theater, from directly or indirectly denying or withholding any accommodation, service, benefit, or privilege to an individual because of that individual’s race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, marital status, domestic partnership status, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, or disability. Further, individuals accompanied by a guide or service dog are entitled to full and equal access to all places of public accommodation.

    I wish eHarmony wouldn’t have settled, because I would be interested to see how the case would turn out. Does the internet qualify as “public accommodations”? Is it a “place” under the meaning of the statute? (By the way, federal law does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.)

  14. #551614
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am, purplepeep said:

    Bicyea said:
    I think I will sue the Gaymale center and force them to find me (female) a straight man.

    Hey, I suppose I could sue too if e-Harmony doesn’t provide me with a drop-dead gorgeous 21 year old heiress babe who doesn’t care who she messes around with!

  15. #551615
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:44 am, eaglehaslanded said:

    You’re missing the point. eHarmony is a dating site. That is a single service. They are not offering it to some people based on sexual preference. That is discriminatory. There’s no difference between a man looking for a woman on the site and a man looking for a man. The service offered is the same – dating. Men date women, men date men, and women date women. All the same. All equal.

    And yes, the courts can tell you how to run your business because your business is part of a society that LETS you run that business and has rules that you have to follow to be ALLOWED to operate. Safety rules, licensing rules, tax rules, and rules against discrimination.

    eHarmony folded because they knew that they would lose. Because they knew that they were wrong.

    Again, this is a civil rights issue. Go back and look at some of the things segregationists said in the 1950s and look at what you’re saying. Sounds familiar? These people are as equal as you and me and are entitled to all the same things you and I have, including that you have to serve them if you operate a business.

    The bigotry and crude jokes here say a lot about MM’s readers. I’m surprised most of you knuckle-draggers know how to turn on a computer.

  16. #551616
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:44 am, jangar said:

    It’s a culture war.

    Anybody out there with kids (or know a kid they care about) needs to consider what these kids have to deal with in the public school system (short list):

    Told there is no God

    Sex is okay, even homosexual sex

    We evolved from apes

    If your parents did not vote for Obama, they are morons

    2 + 2 = anything you want it to

    ALWAYS question authority (ie: parents)

    …and a host of other issues and political correct crap!

    So listen to the kids, be involved, take the time to lovingly correct and educate, and maybe we can turn the tide on this war in the very near future. Otherwise the other side will only increase their numbers.

  17. #551617
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:44 am, FamilyMan said:

    Red State said; Skeptic said:accompanied by a guide or service dog

    What about the rights of Muslims with that dog?

  18. #551618
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:44 am, xler8bmw said:

    This is the start of anarchy in this country. This is what happens when liberal beliefs and politics happen.

    But, remember a professor once told me the “Pendulum Always Swings Back”

  19. #551621
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:46 am, grm355 said:

    All doubt should be gone for those who are wondering why the LDS(Mormon)Church and other churches asked their members to support Prop. 8. This lawsuit is an example of why. The LDS Church rarely asks it members to support a cause like Prop. 8 but a definition of “Marriage” is required. There is an active frontal assault on the family and the famliy needs to be defended. There is a war for the hearts and minds of men. The time has long passed to speak up and take a stand. I am going to contact my elected reps and ask for their definition of marriage and where do they stand.

    There will only be more of this crazyness coming.

  20. #551623
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:46 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    Red State Skeptic said:
    I wish eHarmony wouldn’t have settled, because I would be interested to see how the case would turn out.

    The suit would have failed. Because of this line.

    that offers goods, services and facilities to the general public such as a restaurant, hotel, doctor’s office, camp, or theater, from directly or indirectly denying or withholding any accommodation, service, benefit, or privilege to an individual

    The offered ways to locate heterosexual partners. If someone in the gay community wants a straight-date… eHarmony might very well be required to offer that service, as it is the service they offer.

    No gay person was refused the service they offered. A man can locate a woman, or a woman could locate a man. That’s what on their menu.

  21. #551624
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:47 am, FireBlogger said:

    So are my kids going to see eHarmony TV ads with happy gay couples hugging and kissing telling the world how they “connected” on eHarmony?

    How can one group wield so much power and how do they find courts to assist them?

  22. #551626
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:48 am, FamilyMan said:

    eaglehaslanded
    Go back and study NATURAL LAW and it’s place in the writing of the U.S. Constitutions.

  23. #551634
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:51 am, hatfield said:

    Aren’t you late for a nambla meeting?

  24. #551637
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:53 am, hatfield said:

    Of course my previous comment was directed at the knuckle dragger known as eagle has landed. snort.

  25. #551639
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:54 am, wighttrasch said:

    surprised most of you knuckle-draggers know how to turn on a computer.

    Are you watching me? Do you have a video camera outside my house?
    Sir, I would thrash you but I have to put some salve on my knuckles…

  26. #551641
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:54 am, happy2behere said:

    THE LAWSUITS ARE NOT OVER – THE CHURCH IS NEXT. Wait until gay marriage is a right, they’ll sue us out of existance.

  27. #551645
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:57 am, right4life said:

    eaglehaslanded said:
    You’re missing the point. eHarmony is a dating site. That is a single service. They are not offering it to some people based on sexual preference. That is discriminatory.

    bet you’re wearing your starched brown shirt!! fascist troll..I would try to explain, but using logic on you is casting pearls before swine :roll:

  28. #551649
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:59 am, FamilyMan said:

    All the conservative movement needs to do is attack the civil rights demands using the arguments of NATURAL LAW.

  29. #551650
    On November 20th, 2008 at 9:59 am, sonofdy said:

    The bigotry and crude jokes here say a lot about MM’s readers. I’m surprised most of you knuckle-draggers know how to turn on a computer.

    and what do you say about black only dating sites???

    Hypocrite. Liar. Nazi.

  30. #551651
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:00 am, wighttrasch said:

    Away with ye troll–lest my cane find your backside!!

  31. #551655
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:03 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    This is the start of anarchy in this country. This is what happens when liberal beliefs and politics happen.

    But, remember a professor once told me the “Pendulum Always Swings Back”

    Not really. Civil Rights laws have not swung back on race discrimination, sex discrimination, suffrage, accommodations for the disabled, or anything else. Once a minority group gets rights, the majority comes around pretty quickly to see that the world is a better place for it. For instance, I don’t hear nearly as many conservatives since Lawrence v. Texas who say homosexuals should not have the right to do what they want behind closed doors, whereas at the time of the decision all I heard was how sodomy was the end of civilization as we knew it.

    It happens that young voters — who know many more open homosexuals than their parents did — are moving overwhelmingly in support of gay rights. It is only a matter of time before gays everywhere are protected by discrimination laws, and marriage bans are lifted. I’m not trying to say what should happen, but that’s my opinion of the irreversible tide of minority protection.

  32. #551656
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:04 am, englishqueen01 said:

    THE LAWSUITS ARE NOT OVER – THE CHURCH IS NEXT.

    Yep.

    Waiting to hear lefties here say, “No, that won’t happen!” or “Yeah, churches can’t discriminate either!”

    Kiss the First Amendment goodbye, folks.

  33. #551657
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:08 am, Durangodarlin said:

    Instead of suing, any group left out should just start their own dating service.

  34. #551658
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:08 am, englishqueen01 said:

    For instance, I don’t hear nearly as many conservatives since Lawrence v. Texas who say homosexuals should not have the right to do what they want behind closed doors

    Because behind closed doors is different from taking away the First Amendment rights of others.

    Or do you think it’s okay to force churches to do something that violates their teachings?

  35. #551659
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:09 am, right4life said:

    Once a minority group gets rights, the majority comes around pretty quickly to see that the world is a better place for it. For instance, I don’t hear nearly as many conservatives since Lawrence v. Texas who say homosexuals should not have the right to do what they want behind closed doors

    this has nothing to do with rights. it is all about the suppression of freedom of religion, and having the gay lifestyle shoved down our throats.

    you support a bunch of pink nazis.

    It is only a matter of time before gays everywhere are protected by discrimination laws, and marriage bans are lifted

    and freedom of religion is over.

  36. #551660
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:09 am, jangar said:

    Political correctness killed the First Amendment long ago…it’s just taking it a while to quit kicking.

  37. #551661
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:09 am, sonofdy said:

    It is only a matter of time before gays everywhere are protected by discrimination laws, and marriage bans are lifted.

    And F%^K what the people want right? The people get no say. Welcome to the liberal dictatorship. Where the people are TOLD what is good for them.

  38. #551662
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:11 am, jangar said:

    this has nothing to do with rights. it is all about the suppression of freedom of religion, and having the gay lifestyle shoved down our throats.

    Satanical tactics, whether they know it or not. I doubt they know it…just after what pleases them at any expense.

  39. #551664
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:11 am, xler8bmw said:

    #120

    Civil rights of same-sex couples have not been threatened because there never has been a civil rights for people of the same gender to be able to marry one another.

    On the other hand, my civil rights have already been threatened. In practicing my rights of freedom of religion and freedom of speech, there has been much persecution by the No on Proposition 8 group. Preachers and religious people are being threatened and sued just for their beliefs.

    It’s not and never has been a civil right for people of the same sex to be married, but freedom of religion is a civil right. My preacher should be able speak against the idea of homosexuality without the fear of being sued for hate speech.

    This is just the tip of the iceberg of what is already happening in California and other states and what will continue to happen if marriage is not protected. Likewise, freedom of speech is in the Constitution as right.

    The people of the state have spoken to uphold marriage between a man and a woman because, among other things, they recognize that if Proposition 8 had failed, many more of our true civil rights would be taken away or jeopardized. Those who are protesting need to recognize and respect the will of the people who made the right decision to protect our freedoms.

    The scariest thing in America is the ignorance of the American populace. If we don’t know what our own freedoms consist of, then they will be taken away.

    “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free … it expects what never was and never will be.” — Thomas Jefferson.

    This is not a civil rights issue nor Equal Protection Clause under the 14th amendment because gender isn’t covered.

  40. #551666
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:13 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    The offered ways to locate heterosexual partners. If someone in the gay community wants a straight-date… eHarmony might very well be required to offer that service, as it is the service they offer.

    I see what you’re saying, but I think this is like a bar trying to get around sex discrimination laws by having urinal-only bathrooms. They can just as easily provide the same service to homosexuals, but because they choose to discriminate (which they openly admitted to for years), they shut out gays.

    I’m personally reluctant to tell any private organization what they can and can’t do for religious reasons, but then again the Mormon church was officially racist until the 70s, barring blacks from becoming bishops, and I wouldn’t let them off the hook.

  41. #551667
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:13 am, FamilyMan said:

    Hey eaglehaslanded Have you checked out NATURAL LAW yet?

  42. #551668
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:13 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    eaglehaslanded said:

    You’re missing the point. eHarmony is a dating site. That is a single service. They are not offering it to some people based on sexual preference.

    That’s where you are wrong. It is not a generic dating site. And it is not discriminatory. They help men find women and woman find men. Their business specializes in that. They’d be happy to help a gay man find a woman. Though why a gay man would want a woman would be puzzling.

    The bigotry and crude jokes here say a lot about MM’s readers. I’m surprised most of you knuckle-draggers know how to turn on a computer.

    Ah… there it is. The elitist “I am so SM-AH-TER than you” statement.

    That’s nice. Should the black posters here be more offended since “knuckle-dragger” has a history of being a derogatory term used by racists to describe blacks?

  43. #551669
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:13 am, right4life said:

    Satanical tactics, whether they know it or not. I doubt they know it…just after what pleases them at any expense.

    they don’t know whose they are…but they’ll find out someday… :shock:

  44. #551670
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am, Paul-Cincy said:
    On November 20th, 2008 at 2:04 am, Paul-Cincy said:
    “I got my AIDS on eHarmony dot com!”

    On November 20th, 2008 at 3:35 am, It’s Vintage, Duh said:
    #24 – OMG LOLZ! Because if there are homosexuals on a dating site they must be spreading AIDS everywhere. I, like, totally get it now!

    Geesh. Grow. Up.

    I was parodying the eHarmony commercial, with several glowing wives saying in succession, “I met MY husband at eHarmony dot com”. Replace those images with glowing gay guys saying they got THEIR AIDS at eHarmony dot com. There’s some humor there.

    Considering stats saying the average lifetime number of different partners of a gay male is around 300, and given that gay sex often involves an abnormal, unnatural, extremely unhealthy act which tends to spread disease, AIDS is certainly a possibility. If you cast a wide net, you’re gonna catch some weird stuff. Just sayin’.

  45. #551673
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am, right4life said:

    , but then again the Mormon church was officially racist until the 70s, barring blacks from becoming bishops, and I wouldn’t let them off the hook.

    what about the black muslims?? you know F@rr@kh@n?? what hook are they on??

  46. #551674
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    Civil rights of same-sex couples have not been threatened because there never has been a civil rights for people of the same gender to be able to marry one another.

    So you would say the same before blacks gained suffrage for the first time?

  47. #551676
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am, Pixel_Dust_1776 said:

    Government creates IMMORALITY….immorality creates a social CRISIS….a social crisis demands (in people’s minds) a budget from taxpayers from a Corrupt government. Thus, TROLLS like “eaglehaslanded” are easy to predict:
    Government = Immorality.
    Immorality = Social Crisis.
    Social Crisis = Demands a budget by a corrupt group of people (eaglejhaslanded) from a corrupt government which includes a corrupt court system.
    …down the vortex of the proverbial toilet of our country into the cesspool below that grows by the second.
    Rio
    Semper Fi!

  48. #551677
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:17 am, happy2behere said:

    The “sexpert” on the fox website recently had an article claiming that sexual orientation has a level of attraction scale. So what if you are BI? Or mostly male oriented but only mildly attracted to women? Will eharmony have to offer a menu?

  49. #551679
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:18 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    what about the black muslims?? you know F@rr@kh@n?? what hook are they on??

    Try again. NOI has white members. If they felt they were shut out of leadership positions because of their race, they would have a perfectly legitimate Title VII suit.

  50. #551680
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:19 am, sonofdy said:

    but because they choose to discriminate (which they openly admitted to for years), they shut out gays.

    SO WHAT? It used to be your right to run your business any way you wanted and target any market you choose to. So what if they wanted to serve only striaght couples. THATS THIER RIGHT, or used to be. Freedom is dead in this country.

  51. #551681
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:19 am, jangar said:

    Those who are protesting need to recognize and respect

    Respect? You said a mouthful.

    They have no respect for their fellow man, neighbor, Creator or law. They are lawless, noisy and VERY lost.

  52. #551682
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:20 am, sonofdy said:

    So you would say the same before blacks gained suffrage for the first time?

    What a moronic comparison.

  53. #551683
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:20 am, xler8bmw said:

    #135
    Civil Rights has been one of the most destructive bills ever passed.

    It has created the PC problem we have which is slowly killing freedom of speech in this country.

    It forced people to be tolerant of something they should not have been forced to do which by the way when you force people against their will they become angry!

    You can’t fire a minority because they sue, you can’t deny anything to a minority.

    The housing market mess should be enough to prove civil rights have gone to far!

    If you deny them a mortgage or credit even though they can’t pay they sue.

    THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT A RIGHT IT IS A PRIVILEGE!

  54. #551687
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am, FamilyMan said:

    You’re a very slow reader eaglehaslanded. Wikipedia is just a click away. NATURAL LAW sport?
    If you’re going to mouth off about civil rights , you better improve your knowledge of the constitution.

  55. #551691
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:25 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    You can’t fire a minority because they sue, you can’t deny anything to a minority.

    You can sue for anything at all, but that doesn’t mean you will succeed. The percentage of Title VII suits that succeed are miniscule, and in the ones that do, damages are usually not granted.

    The alternative is for a business to decide it wants only white employees, or to serve only white patrons. Is that what you would prefer?

  56. #551693
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:26 am, right4life said:

    Try again. NOI has white members. If they felt they were shut out of leadership positions because of their race, they would have a perfectly legitimate Title VII suit.

    really? where is your supporting documentation for this?

    and I have no problem with them not having white members…its called freedom of religion..

    which you gay fascists want to end.

  57. #551694
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:26 am, FamilyMan said:

    xler8bmw said:
    #135
    Civil Rights has been one of the most destructive bills ever passed.
    It forced people to be tolerant of something they should not have been forced to do which by the way when you force people against their will they become angry

    EXACTLY
    Check out NATURAL LAW.

  58. #551696
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:27 am, sonofdy said:

    So should mens stores also be sued to carry womens clothes? SEXISM!!! Should black dating services be sued to allow white men? RACISM!!! Should gay dating services be forced to allow striaght services??? BIGOTRY!!!
    So much for freedom. So much for equal rights.

  59. #551698
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:27 am, right4life said:

    perfectly legitimate Title VII suit

    has anyone ever done this with the klan??

    this is ridiculous. ir a group wants only men, or women, or whites or black, or straights or gays as members

    what is the big deal??? its called FREEDOM

  60. #551699
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:29 am, sonofdy said:

    The alternative is for a business to decide it wants only white employees, or to serve only white patrons. Is that what you would prefer?

    I would prefer that they have the right to do that. I wouldn’t go ther and thier business would fail, but hey, that is the price they would pay. Its called freedom. This country used to have it.

  61. #551701
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:31 am, xler8bmw said:

    #144 please source your Title VII suits are miniscule

  62. #551703
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:31 am, jangar said:

    It only took one yutz to put the lie out there that homosexuality is genetically determined at birth (which is false and unable to be proved), and therefore protected by civil rights.

    News flash – my kid was born as a screaming, pants-pooping, childish and selfish beast and it was up to me to correct the behavior before it became a problem later in life!

    Black people are born black…they cannot change (well, except Michael Jackson, and look at where that got him).

  63. #551705
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:32 am, TooMuchTime said:

    eHarmony will be forced to go into bankruptcy. Other similar web-based services will get sued and will also go bankrupt.

    They will all demand bailout money, the socialist government of Barack Obama will take them over and we will have just one government-run website for all the matchmaking, dating, hookups, etc. Whether you are chistian, jew, straight, gay…it doesn’t matter. We’ll end up with the socialist “one size fits all” mantra.

    It’s not spreading the wealth, it’s spreading the misery.

    The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

    – Winston Churchill

  64. #551706
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:33 am, feebiebabe said:

    Granite said:

    One more after-dinner mint given to the guy in the Monty Python sketch who ate way, way too much, and ultimately exploded.

    ROFL

    “But Monsieur, it is only wafer thin…”

  65. #551708
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:33 am, lottadawg said:

    Once again here we are looking at deviant society telling us what we have to do. The responsibility of this fiasco is not with e harmony. It is the lawmakers in New Jersey who were lobbied to insert the words sexual orientation into the law. Everyone who voted for it created this problem .
    I have to say it. I just do not understand why how a person has sex qualifies them for special treatment.

  66. #551712
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:37 am, bluesoc said:

    SO WHAT? It used to be your right to run your business any way you wanted and target any market you choose to. So what if they wanted to serve only striaght couples. THATS THIER RIGHT, or used to be. Freedom is dead in this country.

    Just to reiterate, eHarmony CHOSE to settle this suit and CHOSE to offer same-sex services. As an earlier poster noted, they probably would have won at trial but CHOSE not to risk it.

    This is a pretty good example of a private organization exercising THEIR RIGHT to run their business they way they want. You simply disagree with the manner in which they exercised that right.

  67. #551713
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:37 am, right4life said:

    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:18 am, Red State Skeptic said:
    what about the black muslims?? you know F@rr@kh@n?? what hook are they on??
    Try again. NOI has white members.

    still waiting for your documentation of this. I did a quick search and could find nothing.

  68. #551717
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:39 am, right4life said:

    This is a pretty good example of a private organization exercising THEIR RIGHT to run their business they way they want. You simply disagree with the manner in which they exercised that right.

    under the threat of a lawsuit :roll:

  69. #551720
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:39 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    #144 please source your Title VII suits are miniscule

    I don’t know what the number of total suits is, but the number of those that succeed at trial is miniscule. I didn’t find any stats in a couple google searches, but if you see anything that contradicts what I have said (and you won’t) please post.

  70. #551723
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:41 am, Eyas said:

    Just so any ladies present are made aware: I am a man and I ALWAYS use the Women’s restroom wherever I go. Try to stop me & I’ll sue.

  71. #551724
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:41 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    NOI has white members.
    still waiting for your documentation of this. I did a quick search and could find nothing.

    Google “nation of islam” and “white members”

  72. #551725
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:41 am, jangar said:

    I just do not understand why how a person has sex qualifies them for special treatment.

    Hey aj, do you know anybody that wants to marry their hand?

  73. #551726
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:43 am, sonofdy said:

    Just to reiterate, eHarmony CHOSE to settle this suit and CHOSE to offer same-sex services. As an earlier poster noted, they probably would have won at trial but CHOSE not to risk it.

    Would they have done this without the lawsuit? NO. It was forced. Welcome to the liberal dictatorship.

  74. #551729
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:44 am, sonofdy said:

    I don’t know what the number of total suits is,

    So you were making it up. Got it.

  75. #551732
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:45 am, eaglehaslanded said:

    So are my kids going to see eHarmony TV ads with happy gay couples hugging and kissing telling the world how they “connected” on eHarmony?

    Sure. Unless you’re an ignorant bigot, you should have no problem with that. Oh, wait…you ARE an ignorant bigot. My bad. Sounds like you want your kids to grow up to be ignorant bigots, too. Hopefully they’ll have teachers and peers that can override the crap you teach them.

    Civil Rights has been one of the most destructive bills ever passed.

    There you go.

    It forced people to be tolerant of something they should not have been forced to do which by the way when you force people against their will they become angry!

    If you have to be forced to be tolerant, you’re an a-hole. I’m glad you’re angry. Go cry somewhere. Or maybe get out your big gun! You’re clinging to it right now! LOL.

    You’re losing. We took a giant step on 11/4, and we’re not stopping until we drag all your asses out of the darknesss and into the light. If we can’t have you, we’ll get your kids. We’ll teach them to be politically correct, because it’s CORRECT.

    We’ll teach them to love everyone, including those that hate them.

    We’ll teach them that people are not illegal – they are all the same no matter where they are born and should be able to live where they want. We’ll teach them to respect everyone regardless of language, culture, or religion.

    We’ll teach them to share, that in the words of FDR, “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.” We will teach them that we are all in this together, and we need to have economic justice, and those that oppose that are selfish a-holes who should be scorned and defeated.

    We’ll teach them that the only kind of intolerance that will be tolerated (and encouraged) is intolerance of intolerance. The rest will be mercilessly crushed by any means necessary, because people like that are evil and selfish and need to be punished. They need to have it shoved in their faces.

    You can’t stop progress and progressives. We have always been right, and we will always be right.

    Have a nice day.

  76. #551736
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:46 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    Would they have done this without the lawsuit? NO. It was forced. Welcome to the liberal dictatorship.

    It should be noted that the NJ statute the plaintiffs sued under was enacted by a democratically-elected legislative body.

  77. #551737
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:46 am, xler8bmw said:

    #158 Ok fine.
    You don’t know.

    But, being an attorney I do.

    There are 60,000 case filed a year as of 2005 and rising!

  78. #551740
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:47 am, Eyas said:
  79. #551743
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:47 am, sonofdy said:
    Would they have done this without the lawsuit? NO. It was forced. Welcome to the liberal dictatorship.

    It should be noted that the NJ statute the plaintiffs sued under was enacted by a democratically-elected legislative body.

    So was Hitler. Welcome to the liberal dictatorship.

  80. #551745
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:48 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    I don’t know what the number of total suits is,
    So you were making it up. Got it.

    If you want to cite evidence that any black employee can win at trial when he files a Title VII suit, go ahead.

  81. #551747
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:49 am, xler8bmw said:

    #164

    Tell your story walking you moonbat.

    After BHO screws up the country there will never a minority as president again and probably not liberal for years to come.

  82. #551751
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:50 am, sonofdy said:

    You’re losing. We took a giant step on 11/4, and we’re not stopping until we drag all your asses out of the darknesss and into the light. If we can’t have you, we’ll get your kids. We’ll teach them to be politically correct, because it’s CORRECT.

    The exact same logic that lead tro every dictatorship in history. Welcome to the liberal dictatorship.

  83. #551755
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:51 am, sonofdy said:
    I don’t know what the number of total suits is,
    So you were making it up. Got it.

    If you want to cite evidence that any black employee can win at trial when he files a Title VII suit, go ahead.

    It was your claim. The fact that you can’t back it up is instructive.

  84. #551756
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:51 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    It should be noted that the NJ statute the plaintiffs sued under was enacted by a democratically-elected legislative body.
    So was Hitler. Welcome to the liberal dictatorship.

    No, he wasn’t. Per Ed Morrissey.

  85. #551757
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:52 am, Pixel_Dust_1776 said:

    Socialism is the philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance and preaching of envy;its inherent virtue is the equal distribution of misery.

    Social justice…is practiced in Cuba, the liberal mecca….ask the Cubans in exiles, herein Miami…they know better. Of course, Michael Moore or Hussein Obama won’t come near Little Havana.
    Rio
    Semper Fi!

  86. #551759
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:52 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    If you want to cite evidence that any black employee can win at trial when he files a Title VII suit, go ahead.
    It was your claim. The fact that you can’t back it up is instructive.

    No, it wasn’t. See #142.

  87. #551761
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:53 am, sonofdy said:
    It should be noted that the NJ statute the plaintiffs sued under was enacted by a democratically-elected legislative body.
    So was Hitler. Welcome to the liberal dictatorship.

    No, he wasn’t. Per Ed Morrissey.

    I disagree with Ed as do most history books.

  88. #551762
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:53 am, right4life said:

    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:41 am, Red State Skeptic said:
    NOI has white members.
    still waiting for your documentation of this. I did a quick search and could find nothing.
    Google “nation of islam” and “white members”

    uh yeah did that…noticed they had a member NAMED white..but other than that nothing…why don’t you provide the link from their web site, which I’ve looked at, but don’t have the time to search through

    YOU made the statement, why is it so hard for you to back it up???

  89. #551763
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:53 am, Drained Brain said:

    As Horace Greeley once said, common sense is very uncommon. Actions such as this only trivialize – indeed, make a mockery of – the efforts of gays striving to achieve rights that many conservatives support for them.

    The statement from the attorney-general’s office,“I applaud the decision of eHarmony to settle this case and extend its matching services to those seeking same-sex relationships,” is a reminder that it’s more prudent to please Big Brother than to anger him.

  90. #551764
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:54 am, granite said:

    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:11 am, jangar said:

    …just after what pleases them at any expense.

    Yep.

    I’ll be the broken record – again – and say that this is yet another example of the opposite worldview “thing”.

    Existentialists/statists,etc. believe only in money, sex, and power.

    Your comment is consistent with this sentence, and is absolutely correct.

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