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It would seem that eHarmony is being sued for discrimination because the site doesnt offer "men seeking men" or "women seeking women" option.
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eHarmony Sued For Discrimination
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GJSNeptune
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I heard that when they were offering the $40 compatibility test, or whatever it is, for free, they would claim no matches were found, and I guess people would have to pay to do it again or to remain a member or something.
Also, I love that old man's dimpled, jolly face.
Not.
Also, I love that old man's dimpled, jolly face.
Not.
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Maybe I'll be the only one, but I'll ask anyways. does this seem silly to anyone else? wouldn't that be like me suing Newegg because they don't sell a product I want?
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I had the same thought. It's not exactly a public service. They can do anything they want, right?
Yes. I think eHarmony should file a counter suit claiming that they are being discriminated against by this woman because she isn't suing everybody who doesn't offer homosexual dating services.
I'm gonna guess it may have more to do with advertising, as E-harmony is mainly a pay site, and this woman probably paid for it, got online, and found she couldn't search for the people she wanted. Seeing as all the E-harmony commercials blab on about finding the perfect person on so many levels, she'd be pretty PO'D when a option important to her, and numerous others, is simply (purposfully?) left out.
These discrimination suits drive me crazy. How about everybody just sue everybody and call it even.
If not, I'm going to sue the following:
The Chicago Bears for not letting me be on their football team.
Tiger Woods for not letting me play golf with him.
My boss for making me work.
My wife for venting only to me.
My dog for pissing on only my carpet.
Jeep, because after 215,000 miles my Cherokee leaks transmission fluid.
Ben & Jerry's, because they make me fat.
Apple, Lexus, Sony, because their high prices discriminate against me.
Also, anyone who disagrees, in full or in part, with any sentiment I've ever expressed be it half-hearted or otherwise.
If not, I'm going to sue the following:
The Chicago Bears for not letting me be on their football team.
Tiger Woods for not letting me play golf with him.
My boss for making me work.
My wife for venting only to me.
My dog for pissing on only my carpet.
Jeep, because after 215,000 miles my Cherokee leaks transmission fluid.
Ben & Jerry's, because they make me fat.
Apple, Lexus, Sony, because their high prices discriminate against me.
Also, anyone who disagrees, in full or in part, with any sentiment I've ever expressed be it half-hearted or otherwise.
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Probably, but the commercials only include male/female couples. Not exactly false advertising. Hopefully the lawsuit only results in eHarmony either allowing for same-sex searches, or making it clearer that they don't provide that.
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Gay.
At first it did. After all, this site was originally a Christian dating service, but the question I eventually asked myself was, "would you say that if they refused to work with Blacks or Asians"?
And I have to say the answer is no.
The only way I'd be ok with it is if the guy had used this algorithm with gays and found that it had didn't work. My guess is that that is not the case. Perhaps the guy should just license out his methodology to someone on the condition that the site caters exclusively to the gay community (thus avoiding competition and what he views as setting up immoral couples). Of course that'd be separate but equal and you know that won't hold up in the courts.
So does this mean I can go into a female-only clothing store and sue them because they don't have men's clothing? 
eHarmony is not a free site or a government site, so I don't really see how they can get slammed for discrimination. They don't advertise as being anti-gay or anything.
This smells of a attention-getting ploy to me.
eHarmony is not a free site or a government site, so I don't really see how they can get slammed for discrimination. They don't advertise as being anti-gay or anything.
This smells of a attention-getting ploy to me.
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I would say the only reason that would be legitimate is if she stated her claim to them and ask for a refund and they didn't. but even then I think this goes a bit far... AH yes the land of the free. you're free to say what you want, but I'm equally free to sue you for it.
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Man, this is right up there with the guy who sued Hooters because they wouldn't hire him to wait tables. Guess what, everybody is discrimated against by somebody/something in some way. That's life. Should I sue the government for discrimination because I cannot shoot these kind of people in the face?
The 80's were the me generation
The 90's forward are becoming the 'Poor Me' or 'why me?' generation. I'm too lazy to work an honest job, so I'll just sue somebody and take their money....Pathetic.
The 80's were the me generation
The 90's forward are becoming the 'Poor Me' or 'why me?' generation. I'm too lazy to work an honest job, so I'll just sue somebody and take their money....Pathetic.
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The main page only has options for male ISO female and vice-versa. That is what she is suing over. She isn't being mislead, the option just isn't there. You don't pay until later, the main page you see is just the beginning of a very long quesitonaire.
This is a site run by man with Christian values or by a Christian organization. I don't see anything wrong with them offering services geared towards people aligned with their beliefs. If you don't agree with their principles, go elsewhere like match.com for all of your wild dating needs. This is obviously a site geared towards making it easier for heterosexuals interested in meeting that special person with whom they can spend the rest of their lives with (married of course). The site also happens to offers services to married couples helping them achieve happy, healthy and lasting marraiges. Whether or not the site is utitilized by it's patrons in that manner is up for debate but for arguments sake, my position is that they do.
I guess lawsuits are the new form of protest. It's pretty sad. I don't feel bad for this woman. She isn't being ignored as there are plenty of dating services which include or are outright devoted to her lifestyle.
I guess the name eHarmony is too vague and needs to be more explicit like gaydatingplanet.com in order avoid this sort of thing. I surely wouldn't visit gaydatingplanet.com looking for a hetero' mate.
Either this is a ploy to gain more recognition for the gay community and have their lifestyle legitimized by a culture largely opposed to the notion that gay marraiges are the same as heterosexual marriages (the pros and cons etc are for different discussion altogether), or she was too lazy to look for another site and has the pockets to sue over it.
Well, what do the rest of you think. I really hope this doesn't turn into a bashing thread.
Literally.
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I believe it's most likely the site doesn't offer the service of matching women with women because of prejudice. The owners maybe just don't like gays and lesbians, or maybe they think offering same-sex matching would detract from their "wholesome Christian image" or whatever.
But it's not clear to me that the woman has a winning case. The analogy to black people doesn't quite apply here IMO--she doesn't appear to be suing them for refusing to serve her, she appears to be suing them for not providing the particular service that she wants.
But it's not clear to me that the woman has a winning case. The analogy to black people doesn't quite apply here IMO--she doesn't appear to be suing them for refusing to serve her, she appears to be suing them for not providing the particular service that she wants.
What a dumb c*nt. I'd say that I'm a lib for the most part (read: NOT a Dem, but that's a whole 'nother ball of wax not suited for the [H]), but all this politically correct crap and frivilous lawsuits in the country are really really really damned annoying. It totally fucks up the legal landscape for people that actually have legitimate issues, like [alleged] in this case, of discrimination. Does this warrant the same header, as say a black person not being allowed in a diner in the south? Fuck no.
What?! No human -> horse/dog/wtf ever matching? Oooooohh I'm suing! (joke for the dense)
Besides, if this (cough) woman (/cough) doesn't like it, she could have gone to MATCH.COM FFS! eHarmony is obviously not the only game in town you lazy ho.
What?! No human -> horse/dog/wtf ever matching? Oooooohh I'm suing! (joke for the dense)
Besides, if this (cough) woman (/cough) doesn't like it, she could have gone to MATCH.COM FFS! eHarmony is obviously not the only game in town you lazy ho.
I'm sure this is not the place for this, but....
I'm a Christian and I don't dislike or hate gay people. I disagree with what they do.
The real issue here is money. You don't go to all this trouble to punish eHarmony or to fight for "justice". It'd be much easier just to find another service. If you were interested in justice you could find a better cause to fight for. Maybe like the ending the genocide in Sudan.
Do homosexuals have legal protection from discrimination?
So she is suing them cause they aren't offering her a service that she wants hmmmmm, so that means I can sue a Ford dealership cause they don't work on Pontiacs. It just amazes me how dumb some people are I really do wish stupidity was painful.
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Its a private operation. They cant be MADE to sell a service they dont feel like selling.
Maybe they just dont have the expertise in the area of gay dating, and prefer to stick to what they do have expertise in.
Gays are perfectly welcome to setup their own dating site.
Personally I dont understand any of it, why the FK would I pay the ridiculous prices these operations pay. They've all been a huge ripoff all along. HomoSapien (gay or straight) has been doing this for 280,000 years without some PoS website telling them how.
But there is nothing int he LAW to force a private company to cater to a clientel they have chosen not to cater too.
Mark Twain was so right.. "Why would I want to join a club that would have ME as a member?" Words to live by.
Maybe they just dont have the expertise in the area of gay dating, and prefer to stick to what they do have expertise in.
Gays are perfectly welcome to setup their own dating site.
Personally I dont understand any of it, why the FK would I pay the ridiculous prices these operations pay. They've all been a huge ripoff all along. HomoSapien (gay or straight) has been doing this for 280,000 years without some PoS website telling them how.
But there is nothing int he LAW to force a private company to cater to a clientel they have chosen not to cater too.
Mark Twain was so right.. "Why would I want to join a club that would have ME as a member?" Words to live by.
Well as card carrying Mo' myself (no i don't like dance music and actually like and play sports!) ... i think it was over how they told her. But i also think its dumb just dont go to it! boycott it or something! But, i think it's b/c they don't out right say the site is for heterosexual couples and not for same sex.
But i think its dumb... i think most of the lawsuits brought are dumb and im gay liberal Californian!!!!
I work in the for the state legislature in the Assembly, and my former boss, did a domestic partnership bill that became law... and refused to include heterosexual couples in it...i even thought that was discrimination... turns out she was told by the state supreme court there would be issues if she included them, so we had to wait for 3 years for a study done by the University of California, wether or not it could be done... and it was =) this year! So not all of us Gays are lawsuit happy and only one sided... but i agree this one is dumb but eharmony too could even if they dont believe in the life style at least show some tact and respect.
My god if you could hear gay people getting upset when a straight couple goes to a gay bar... they should sue! but then i guess thats discrimination too isnt it?
my two cents
But i think its dumb... i think most of the lawsuits brought are dumb and im gay liberal Californian!!!!
I work in the for the state legislature in the Assembly, and my former boss, did a domestic partnership bill that became law... and refused to include heterosexual couples in it...i even thought that was discrimination... turns out she was told by the state supreme court there would be issues if she included them, so we had to wait for 3 years for a study done by the University of California, wether or not it could be done... and it was =) this year! So not all of us Gays are lawsuit happy and only one sided... but i agree this one is dumb but eharmony too could even if they dont believe in the life style at least show some tact and respect.
My god if you could hear gay people getting upset when a straight couple goes to a gay bar... they should sue! but then i guess thats discrimination too isnt it?
my two cents
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I suppose adultgayfriend finder and craigslist isn't enough to advertise your gay.
eHarmony is stupid to begin with. All your paying for is a network of idiots that joined, so now you can filter it down to your tastes. Wow, how creative is that... Wait a minute.... social network sites are free.... and do essentially the same thing.
eHarmony is stupid to begin with. All your paying for is a network of idiots that joined, so now you can filter it down to your tastes. Wow, how creative is that... Wait a minute.... social network sites are free.... and do essentially the same thing.
I think she wants eHarmony to give her a bunch of female slaves to have her way with since she couldn't use their service to find them herself. Those damn eBastards!
Yep.
And you know what is ironic, if it was a gays only site it would be appropriate and lawful
So pathetic.
How can there be damages unless they dont give her back the 40 bucks?
If she recieves more than that she is just a greedy sue happy bi#$%.
What happened to "we reserve the right to refuse business to anyone." Guess that doesnt apply anymore.
Do you know if you go to a retail store and they dont ask you if you would like to use their card or offer to process an application for one they are discriminating against you?
I didnt either but it seems someone sued because the person ahead of them was offered a card app and they werent so that person won and now it is descrimination. Hows that for a bunch of crap. Does that mean when you are turned down for a loan it is descrimination? If you go by the above it is.
I hate do dissapoint these selfish people but everything in nature is discriminatory.
I mean if you go to a bar and talk to a hot girl but dont talk to the not so hot girl arent you descriminating.
I dont go to a golf store and want to buy a computer then sue them for not selling me one.
This selfish person needs to find a gay oriented site to find love and stop ruining stuff for everyone else. Maybe someone should go to a gay site and sue for not having straight love connections.
All of you who send your kids to a boy or girl only school are discriminating.
I hate people like this one who is sueing. Oh wait I am sorry I didnt mean to discriminate!
What an F'ing joke!
If she recieves more than that she is just a greedy sue happy bi#$%.
What happened to "we reserve the right to refuse business to anyone." Guess that doesnt apply anymore.
Do you know if you go to a retail store and they dont ask you if you would like to use their card or offer to process an application for one they are discriminating against you?
I didnt either but it seems someone sued because the person ahead of them was offered a card app and they werent so that person won and now it is descrimination. Hows that for a bunch of crap. Does that mean when you are turned down for a loan it is descrimination? If you go by the above it is.
I hate do dissapoint these selfish people but everything in nature is discriminatory.
I mean if you go to a bar and talk to a hot girl but dont talk to the not so hot girl arent you descriminating.
I dont go to a golf store and want to buy a computer then sue them for not selling me one.
This selfish person needs to find a gay oriented site to find love and stop ruining stuff for everyone else. Maybe someone should go to a gay site and sue for not having straight love connections.
All of you who send your kids to a boy or girl only school are discriminating.
I hate people like this one who is sueing. Oh wait I am sorry I didnt mean to discriminate!
What an F'ing joke!
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I think we ought to discriminate against analogies and similes.
And poor spelling and grammar while we're at it.
And poor spelling and grammar while we're at it.
Well, I was looking for a way to finish paying off my school loans...and gaydatingplanet.com won't let me find a heterosexual mate. Anyone know a good but sleazy lawyer? Let see how a lawsuit in the other direction goes
9 out of 10 lawsuits as of late are silly anyways. Everybody is f'in sue happy because they have a "opinion" and apparently want to get paid for it because NOBODY else gives a rats ass!
Yep.
And you know what is ironic, if it was a gays only site it would be appropriate and lawful
So true. The political correctness in this country has gotta go. This kind of bullshit is getting ridiculous...
I think it is a silly lawsuit.
So does this mean I can go into a female-only clothing store and sue them because they don't have men's clothing?
eHarmony is not a free site or a government site, so I don't really see how they can get slammed for discrimination. They don't advertise as being anti-gay or anything.
This smells of a attention-getting ploy to me.
No, but you could sue them if they refused to sell you womens clothes.
Perhaps, but again, then you're effectively saying it's ok to discriminate against anyone. Maybe he doesn't approve of interracial dating or of blacks and hispanics dating anyone (lest they reproduce). I don't know how eharmony works, but I believe it is more personalized than a match.com.
Just went there and sure looks like you can select man seeking woman. You get no results, but the option is there.
How is that different than refusing to match non-Caucasians? If they refuse to match Blacks or Hispanics, they're not preventing them from dating or falling in love, they're just refusing facilitate relationships for those types of people.
But they do offer the service, they just won't offer it if one is gay. Again, if there's research to support their position that their system will not work with same sex couples, then they will win. But if the position is based on little more than the owners don't approve of homosexuals, they should lose.
I've read that they weed out people via the questionnaire....IOW, people who don't want to commit, have emotional issues and so on. My guess is you don't need to know the sex of the person applying, much less their sexuality, to determine if the applicant has those issues....and if they don't, then they should be acceptable. That's certainly the way you conduct the research to see if it's applicable or not to same sex couples.
Well, I was looking for a way to finish paying off my school loans...and gaydatingplanet.com won't let me find a heterosexual mate. Anyone know a good but sleazy lawyer? Let see how a lawsuit in the other direction goes
I think you'd first have to be sure you can't sign up there. I believe you can. I'll leave it to you to sign up...I fear the spam I might get
OMFG!!! Dude, I am gonna sue eHarmony now if they don't add "Warm Apple Pie" to their searchable-match list!
LMAO!!!!!! Oh man, I LOVE IT!!!! I bet that sure would result in a LOT less PC douc** bags running around throwing their lifestyle in everyone's face and claiming "discrimination" and starting frivolous lawsuits when someone/someplace doesn't bow down to their every desire.
I think we should sue for this right for judges who rule in favor of these kind of BS lawsuits too!!!
LMAO!!!!!! Oh man, I LOVE IT!!!! I bet that sure would result in a LOT less PC douc** bags running around throwing their lifestyle in everyone's face and claiming "discrimination" and starting frivolous lawsuits when someone/someplace doesn't bow down to their every desire.
I think we should sue for this right for judges who rule in favor of these kind of BS lawsuits too!!!