E-harmony.

ForestBrain
ForestBrain Posts: 460
edited November 2008 in A Moving Train
Okay, heard this on the news this morning.
Gays are suing...suing!...e-harmony because they don't provide services for homosexuals. Does anybody else think this is a bit extreme? What if they couldn't find anybody that wanted to play match maker for homosexuals?
Honestly!! I'm sure there are gay match making companies out there, and I highly doubt they provide services for straight people.
Sorry, this made me mad. It's another stupid thing people use as an excuse to sue.
Lawsuits have gone way too far. I wish the stupid courts would look at some of these lawsuits and just laugh while throwing it away.
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  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    that's stupid. I'm sure if you spend 1 minute on google you'll find tons of sites. Eharmony is a private site and they can offer what they want, can't they??
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  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    "gays are suing"? lord.

    it's one person.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    This is stupid... It would be like a gay man suing a strip club because they don't put a couple guys in the rotation.

    I'm all for equal rights and think that sexual orientation should be covered under the civil rights act, but there is nothing preventing gays or lesbians are prevented from using eharmony, it just won't give them the results that they are looking for.
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  • deadmosquito
    deadmosquito Posts: 729
    blackredyellow wrote:

    I'm all for equal rights and think that sexual orientation should be covered under the civil rights act, but there is nothing preventing gays or lesbians are prevented from using eharmony, it just won't give them the results that they are looking for.


    that's ridiculous. that's almost like saying gays have the right to marry, just not a person of their preferred gender.

    a better question is why wouldn't eharmony want to provide services to gays? we typically have more money and more partners, and are less likely to have families to provide for. we're like the best possible market. not to mention people who are too afraid to go to gay clubs and would rather meet someone online. you'd think they'd want to try to make more money than less.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    deadmosquito wrote:
    that's ridiculous. that's almost like saying gays have the right to marry, just not a person of their preferred gender.

    a better question is why wouldn't eharmony want to provide services to gays? we typically have more money and more partners, and are less likely to have families to provide for. we're like the best possible market. not to mention people who are too afraid to go to gay clubs and would rather meet someone online. you'd think they'd want to try to make more money than less.

    One HUGE difference in my opinion... the government and states are dictating who can and can't be married.... this is a private company offering a service, and as far as I am concerned, they can do with it what they like. If I or anyone else don't agree with how they run their business, then I am free to go somewhere else. Marriage is a whole different ballgame... there is no other option (in most states) to get the same lawful benefits of marriage.
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  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    deadmosquito wrote:
    that's ridiculous. that's almost like saying gays have the right to marry, just not a person of their preferred gender.

    a better question is why wouldn't eharmony want to provide services to gays? we typically have more money and more partners, and are less likely to have families to provide for. we're like the best possible market. not to mention people who are too afraid to go to gay clubs and would rather meet someone online. you'd think they'd want to try to make more money than less.

    why? because they're christian. although they say they don't have 'the research'.

    take your money to match.
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  • vmfury
    vmfury Posts: 1,091
    People who sue over any little thing make me sick, HOWEVER, while I don't think it should be taken to this level, homosexuals should be allowed the same services heterosexuals are given. There is still a great deal of discrimination and I feel for them. I hate even saying "them". They're human beings like everyone else and the only difference in a homosexual relationship is sexual orientation. They have the same problems as any heterosexual relationship. I saw a commercial for match.com or another hookup site and the premise was to bring the gay community to their service because e-harmony rejects homosexuals, in a manner of speaking. Ridiculous. Homosexuals shouldn't have to fight for equality. As human beings, they're automatically entitled to it.
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  • Bwalker545
    Bwalker545 Posts: 162
    deadmosquito wrote:
    a better question is why wouldn't eharmony want to provide services to gays? we typically have more money and more partners, and are less likely to have families to provide for. we're like the best possible market.

    I think you miss the point of their site...there are not trying to potray themselves as a hookup sight to meet a bunch of partners...their site is about finding "the one" and less likely to have families? Well again this site isnt about cheating on your partner... So those are fairly irrelivent points... and again ITS A PRIVATE COMPANY! I bet you I can find a couple of gay matchmaking sights that wont tailor to me to help me find a women... Is that discrimination?!?
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  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    Well...erm...I'm not going into what I support.
    However, I agree with the person who said it's like a strip joint. A "gentlemens" club if you would. They are aimed at straight men. They aren't going to put men up there.
    But my whole point was....why do people have to freaking sue over everything?!
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    I think EHarmony has put a ton of research into relationships and matching up men and women accordingly. They have not put forth the same efforts to accomodate gays looking for partners, and it's their right to run their company as they see fit. EH doesn't pretend to cater to everyone.

    I'm going to sue Pearl Jam because they won't play a show in my backyard.

    This is the most ridiculous lawsuit ever, maybe just 1 step behind hot coffee lady. Don't get me started.
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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Just wondering if people would still feel the same way if EH decided to not provide services for black people?
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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    What I don't get is why the woman who is suing would want to pay good money to sign up on a site where every woman there is looking for a man. That would be like me looking for a boyfriend on a gay site. Even if they took my application, it seems likely to be a huge waste of time and money.
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  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Just wondering if people would still feel the same way if EH decided to not provide services for black people?
    Sorry, but a person's skin color had nothing to do with their sexual orientation.
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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    ForestBrain wrote:
    Sorry, but a person's skin color had nothing to do with their sexual orientation.

    Yeah, you got me there.
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  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    ForestBrain wrote:
    Okay, heard this on the news this morning.
    Gays are suing...suing!...e-harmony because they don't provide services for homosexuals. Does anybody else think this is a bit extreme?

    where would miss john edwards stand here? on one hand, you gotta lawsuit...(cha ching $$$$) on the other hand...he'd have to represent "those people" that make him uncomfortable...tough one.
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    I might not agree with E-harmony on this at all, but I think sueing them is ridiculous. I agree with blackredyellow, it's like sueing a strip club.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
    E-harmony lost the case! they now have to offer their services to homosexuals.

    This is sad for private businesses

    I think I'm going to sue the Ten Club for not selling Soundgarden T-shirts.
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Wow, I'm surprised at the responses here.

    I actually agree with the lawsuit assuming California has anti-discrimination laws in place with regards to gay people. If you run a business in any state, there are regulations you have to follow, and most states have anti-discrimination rules put in place (in addition to many many other rules like restrictions on importing certain items like tobacco, alcohol, nunchuks, etc. :p). The people who created e-Harmony (who are conservative Christians btw) are absolutely discriminating by not offering "man seeking man" or "woman seeking woman" options. If the state has regulations against homosexual discrimination, guess what? You can't operate.

    I think anti-discrimination rules are a good thing for business...I'm surprised so many people don't seem to agree with that. I sure as hell wouldn't want some clothing store in my state denying my business because I'm a heterosexual.
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    eHarmony was started by an evangelical minister with financial support from Focus on the Family (who was instrumental in bringing us Prop 8). All along, the agenda was to deny dating services to gay people. They claim they don't have the "technology" to match gays, which is ridiculous.

    Although the legal grounds of this lawsuit were borderline, the result and the effect of the suit were positive. Companies cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation. Period. And as you see, the tides are changing quickly in favor of gays. The lobbies are taking advantage of that tide, just as the black lobbies did in the 60's. That is how change happens. It's not about one lawsuit.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Wow.

    If a business doesn't offer a service you need, you can't sue them.


    Geez.


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