PR MINDS - Oct 23 - A California Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles
cleared the way for a class action discrimination jury trial against
eHarmony.com. The jury trial is set to begin on February 1, 2009 and to
end around Valentine’s Day. Earlier this year, eHarmony received ~3,000
email complaints from individuals who had visited eHarmony.com to find
a relationship with someone of the same sex, but were denied. eHarmony
made the disclosure after reaching a settlement in another matter with
the New Jersey Attorney General in which the company agreed to serve
gays and lesbians in a new dating site “Compatible Partners, that was
launched in March 2009. The plaintiffs in the California class action
charge that the creation of the separate “gay site” was a cynical
attempt to create a “separate but equal” dynamic in violation of the
law. FULL ARTICLE @ PR MINDS
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When are we seeing the class action against gay-only websites? Isn't that discrimination against non-homosexuals?
While they're at it, can they add another party? Aggrieved marrieds-who-want-to-cheat, that eHarmony rejects. Don't cheaters have rights, too?
The mind boggles at the stupidity of these lawsuits.
Posted by: Sam Moorcroft, ChristianCafe.com | Oct 23, 2009 at 11:24 AM
I'm with you, Sam. Hopefully, eHarmony will go to trial and win there.
Posted by: Jonathan Crutchley, Manhunt.net | Oct 23, 2009 at 01:59 PM
They need to let the markets work!
If a company can provide a service to a certain group of people then they should be able to do it without the government coming in and telling them to target a completely different audience and deluting their product!
If eHarmony thought their service would be useful to the LBGT community then wouldn't you think they would offer it? Of course they would, it would be leaving money on the table!
Posted by: LindsayH | Nov 04, 2009 at 11:02 AM