dir.salon.com - 11/19/2008
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Jun 10, 2005 | "We were scared," eHarmony founder Neil Clark Warren explained to me over the phone. The 70-year-old psychologist and Internet dating entrepreneur was trying to tell me why it had taken him a month to return my calls. "We thought you would categorize us in some religious ...
michellemalkin.com - 11/20/2008
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/20/2008
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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 ...
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EHarmony to offer same-sex matches after New Jersey ...
reason.com - 11/20/2008
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reason.com —
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 ...
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eHarmony Forced to Create a Dating Service for Gay Singles
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Not With My Money
Shakesville —
... Another aspect of this story that is irritating me is that "winning," in this case really means setting up a portal for LGBTQI folks to send their money to a group that hates them. In case you weren't aware, eHarmony is run by a evangelical with strong ties to the ultra-right wing Christian community. He was buddies with James Dobson, for Maude's sake (although he's "distanced" himself from Dobson, for a variety of reasons). Let's just say they were probably voting Yes on 8. ...
eHarmony settles lawsuit by launching same-sex matching service
Feministing —
... to file a class action lawsuit against the company. Salon's Rebecca Traister conducted an interview with Christian evangelical founder Neil Clark Warren a while back where she asked him why he wouldn't include same-sex marriages in eHarmony. He first claimed there wasn't adequate research on how to match same-sex couples, then got into rhetoric about the Bible, yet followed with a story about his best friend's daughter being gay, where he concludes: "She's a dear person to us, and a very strong spiritual person . . . And when I start seeing things like that, I think we've got ...
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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 ...
eHarmony Goes Gay
outsidethebeltway.com 11/20/2008 — The dating site eHarmony is now opening a separate but equal site for gays.
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 ...
Woman sues eHarmony for discrimination
usatoday.com 11/19/2008 — Linda Carlson said she tried to use the Internet site in February to meet a woman but could not based on her sexual orientation. When Carlson wrote to eHarmony to complain, the company refused to change its policy, according to the lawsuit filed on ...
Settlement Agreement - New Jersey vs. eHarmony
onlinedatingmagazine.com 11/21/2008 — Online Dating Magazine > Dating Industry > eHarmony Same-Sex Matchmaking Settlement Settlement Agreement Between eHarmony and the State of New Jersey In March 2005, a man named Eric McKinley filed a complaint against eHarmony and Dr. Neil Clark Warren ...
eHarmony Forced to Provide Same-sex Dating Services
gaypatriot.net 11/20/2008 — Will the attempt of the gay activists to impose equality through the courts never cease?
Not content with the numerous websites offering to match him with a male partner, a gay New Jersey man sued eHarmony, a dating service catering to Christians, ...
eHarmony will begin providing same-sex dating matches.
thinkprogress.org 11/19/2008 — The AP reports that as part of a settlement with New Jersey’s Civil Rights Division, online dating service eHarmony “ will begin providing same-sex matches . … Under terms of the settlement, the company can create a new or ...
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