Chanceforlove.com
   Lovely Russian brides romance

Essentials archive:
Resources archive:
Articles archive:
Facts on Russia:


The popular online dating service eHarmony was sued Thursday for refusing to offer its services to gays, lesbians, and bisexuals

Date: 2007-06-01

The popular online dating service eHarmony was sued Thursday for refusing to offer its services to gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.

A lawsuit alleging discrimination based on sexual orientation was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Linda Carlson, who was denied access to eHarmony because she is gay.

Lawyers bringing the action said they believed it was the first lawsuit of its kind against eHarmony, which has long rankled the gay community with its failure to offer a "men seeking men" or "women seeking women" option.

They were seeking to make it a class action lawsuit on behalf of gays and lesbians denied access to the dating service.

eHarmony was founded in 2000 by evangelical Christian Dr. Neil Clark Warren and had strong early ties with the influential religious conservative group Focus on the Family.

It has more than 12 million registered users, and heavy television advertising has made it one of the nation's biggest Internet dating sites.

Carlson, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area, tried to use the site's dating services in February 2007. When she was denied access, she wrote to eHarmony explaining its anti-gay policy was discriminatory under California law but the company refused to change it, according to the lawsuit.

"Such outright discrimination is hurtful and disappointing for a business open to the public in this day and age," she said.

eHarmony could not immediately be reached for comment. Commenting in the past on eHarmony's gay and lesbian policy, Warren has said that he does not know the dynamics of same-sex relationships but he expects the principles to be different.

"This lawsuit is about changing the landscape and making a statement out there that gay people, just like heterosexuals, have the right and desire to meet other people with whom they can fall in love," said Carlson lawyer Todd Schneider.

Carlson's lawyers expect a significant number of gays and lesbians to join the class action, which seeks to force eHarmony to end its policy and unspecified damages for those denied eHarmony services based on their sexual orientation.





Your First Name
Your Email Address

     Privacy Guaranteed



GL52080057 GL52081914 GL52081962 GL52068236


  

      SCANNED March 28, 2024





Dating industry related news
Ovulation makes women fall in love with machos‘Web brides’ gangs gets caughtCourting the hearts and money of singles on the net
During ovulation women fall in love with handsome machos but when it is over they prefer to stay with not really attractive but rich men. Often, women take the reproductive instinct for real love. It is incredible but not women’s hearts but their menstrual period phases determine whom they may choose as objects of love and care. This is a conclusion that researchers from Michigan made when investigating female sexuality problems. Men think that if they become cleverer, stronger, richer and m...PLENTY of Western men looking for Russian brides on the Internet have been conned out of their money, but a gang in the Urals has found a new twist. It posted photographs of some of the most beautiful and famous women in Russia on the Net, claiming they were “ordinary” girls looking for love.The swindlers used photographs of models, pop divas, actresses and porn stars, who were blissfully unaware that Western men were sizing them up online as potential life partners. One 45-year-old German build...FOR Jim Safka, CE of Match.com, the busy season begins the day after Christmas. That is when some fraction of America’s 89-million singles — perhaps nagged by overbearing mothers — vow never again to spend the holidays alone. When they do, Safka is hoping they’ll turn to Match.com, the world’s largest internet dating site. “When it comes to relationships, for many people, it is a New Year’s resolution,” he said. “The holiday season really kicks off for us on December 26, and runs right through...
read more >>read more >>read more >>
ChanceForLove Online Russian Dating Network Copyright © 2003 - 2023 , all rights reserved.
No part of this site may be reproduced or copied without written permission from ChanceForLove.com