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eHarmony Forced to Create a Dating Service for Gay Singles
In a settlement with the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, the online dating service eHarmony, until now limited to heterosexuals, has agreed to start matching men with men and women with women. The deal resolves a complaint by a gay man who claimed that eHarmony's failure to ...
eHarmony forced to offer same-sex dating services
eHarmony forced to offer same-sex dating services
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EHarmony to offer same-sex matches after New Jersey settlement* | Technology | Los Angeles Times
EHarmony to offer same-sex matches after New Jersey settlement* | Technology | Los Angeles Times
latimesblogs.latimes.com — EHarmony founder Neil Clark Warren 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 ... (more) EHarmony to offer same-sex matches after New Jersey ...
eHarmony to Provide Gay Dating Service After Lawsuit
foxnews.com — Online dating service eHarmony has agreed to create a new Web site - 'Compatible Partners' - for gays and lesbians, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General announced. (more) eHarmony to Provide Gay Dating Service After Lawsuit
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The Agitator — I’m with my colleague Jacob Sullum on this one. I’ll stand arm in arm with the gay rights crowd when it comes to demanding equality under the law. But the government forcing a private dating service to spend money to reconfigure its website and retool its matchmaking formula to accommodate homosexuals isn’t a civil rights issue. It’s petulant and silly. Ultimately, it’ll also be counterproductive. Because if feeds into the (usually, but not always incorrect) claim that the gay rights crowd is forcing its lifestyle onto others. It’s too bad eHarmony caved. ...

eHarmony and the tolerance mau-mau-ers
Michelle Malkin — ... . And Jacob Sullum weighs in. *** The eHarmony shakedown by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2008 Congratulations, tolerance mau-mauers: Your shakedown of a Christian-targeted dating website worked. Homosexuals will no longer be denied the inalienable “right” to hook up with same-sex partners on eHarmony. What a landmark triumph for social progress, eh? New Jersey plaintiff Eric McKinley can now crown himself the new Rosa Parks — heroically breaking down inhumane barriers to Internet matchmaking by forcing a law-abiding private company to provide services it ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... eHarmony In March 2005, a man named Eric McKinley filed a complaint against eHarmony and Dr. Neil Clark Warren with the State of New Jersey. The complaint alleged Discrimination against gays and lesbians. In November 2008, the case was settled and as a result, the complaint against eHarmony and Dr. Neil Clark Warren was dismissed. Here are the terms of the settlement (Company refers to eHarmony.com. Complainant refers to Eric McKinley who filed the complaint): eHarmony Forced to Create a Dating Service for Gay Singles - Reason Magazine eHarmony ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: sarah_palin) eHarmony Forced to Create a Dating Service for Gay Singles - Reason Magazine eHarmony founder Neil Clark Warren says the company has declined to serve the gay market because the compatibility research on which it relies ...

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theagitator.com 11/21/2008 — I’m with my colleague Jacob Sullum on this one. I’ll stand arm in arm with the gay rights crowd when it comes to demanding equality under the law. But the government forcing a private dating service to spend money to reconfigure its ...
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