eHarmony sued for "discrimination"

[ditchdj]

--Appearantly a gay man sued for "discrimination" because an online dating service didn't serve gays. I dont think it's right that the government can force a company to serve people. If the gay guy didnt like it how about just taking his business somewhere else??? That's what I do when a business treats me like a leper. I don't just go out and file a "discrimination" lawsuit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081119/...riage_eharmony

[Shards]

You forget that you are a sane and rational human being.

Therein lies the difference. The fact is, people have been trained to believe that it is the government's responsibility to take care of all their problems for them so they can live in their own little fantasy world, and it's only going to get worse with a left-controlled capital.

[DrT]

You forget that you are a sane and rational human being.

Excellent point.

I have a second one: in this day and age, people go to extreme to get their 15 sec of fame. And a lot of them use the tribunals for that.

[IDrinkaRum]

I thought it was a well known fact that eHarmony doesn't cater to the gay community. And there plenty of other sites that do.

I agree with everyone here. You find ONE company that doesn't cater to your needs, go some place else. Do you truly want to do business with a company who is forced to do business with you?

[Greenday]

There are plenty of dating sites where you can go to regardless of sexual orientation.

Though I think eHarmony was missing out on some cash by not having anything for the gay community. Just adds more business.

[DrT]

There are plenty of dating sites where you can go to regardless of sexual orientation.

I don't think there's any debate there.

I think what we're missing is a bunch of people named the 'common sense police' who'll give a good wack to the head to people suing for no valid reason

[Pedersen]

I don't just go out and file a "discrimination" lawsuit.

It's a good thing you weren't a black man living in the south in the 1960's then.

Right now, the gay community is trying to get itself recognized as being equal. They're going through an uphill battle trying to accomplish this goal.

Personally, I applaud this move. The man is doing what he can to rectify a social injustice, and he's using the existing laws to do so. Good for him.

[daleduke17]

I've known eHarmony doesn't cater toward several varieties of people for a long while. The reason is that the ownership is religious. I believe they don't cater to divorced people, either. I'm not sure as I have no use for the company's services.

[anriana]

I kind of wish I had thought of that. For some reason I thought the best action was making snarky comments when their commercial came on and cheering on chemistry.com.

[wanderingjoe72]

I think this one falls into the frivolous realm.

If a business doesn't offer a feature or item you want, find one that does. I see it like a man suing Limited Too because they don't stock clothes in his size. It is a specialty store, they specialize for a certain clientele.

A specialty website works the same way. I am not going to sue a gay website for not having straight pride items for me to buy. It is a matter of being reasonable.

[smileyeagle1021]

you know, I'm all for gay equality (for obvious reasons)... but in this case I think this is something that is better left to voting with your wallet. You don't like how a busniess operates, use a different business... eHarmony doesn't offer the service you want, simple solution, go to chemistry.com... eventually eHarmony will either have to start offering the service to be competitive or go out of business. Hell, even if they do stay in business and never offer the service, not every business can satisfy every person... otherwise there'd be just one giant company that did everything.

[Evandril]

With as big of a deal that eHarmony makes about being able to match people 'correctly', all they'd have to say is they didn't feel they could comfortably match gay couples, and they'd be covered. As such, all the suit is doing is making the more justified suits get lost in the spam.

[Amethyst Hunter]

I have to go with the folks who said take the business elsewhere. eHarmony (which sucks anyway, from what I've heard, and not just because they won't serve particular groups of people) isn't the only fish in the bowl out there. Surely there are dating services that are more gay-friendly and likely to bring the desired results?

The fact is, people have been trained to believe that it is the government's responsibility to take care of all their problems for them so they can live in their own little fantasy world, and it's only going to get worse with a left-controlled capital.

Sez who? Last I looked, we ain't done so great under a right-winger bunch.

[anriana]

With as big of a deal that eHarmony makes about being able to match people 'correctly', all they'd have to say is they didn't feel they could comfortably match gay couples, and they'd be covered. As such, all the suit is doing is making the more justified suits get lost in the spam.

I don't think that would work - they'd just have to include those "I am a... woman seeking a man/woman seeking a woman/man seeking a woman/man seeking a man." drop down boxes. It shouldn't have any effect on their compatability questions.

[SorryIsGoodEnough]

I wanted the personality profile so I signed up at E-harmony and they said they couldn't match me so I had to go away.

They don't cater to under 21s though, so I'm curious if that was the only reason why they turned me down. I haven't made a fake birthday up to see if that was the case.

I don't want to use the service, I'm just curious now, to see if I'm one of those personality types who can't be matched by them.




Signed,
The E-Harmony Reject