Is eHarmony Biased Agast Gays? - TIME

Contents:

• EHARMONY’S GAY ADS
• NEIL CLARK WARREN, EHARMONY FOUNR, SAYS GAY MARRIAGE 'DAMAGED HIS COMPANY'
• 'ONE MILLN MOMS' MELTS DOWN OVER AD FEATURG GAY MEN HUGGG AND EATG BREAD WH PEANUT BUTTER
• I DIDN'T REALIZE EHARMONY WAS DOG GAY ADS
• I DIDN'T REALIZE EHARMONY WAS DOG GAY ADS
• IS EHARMONY BIASED AGAST GAYS?
• THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S

EHARMONY’S GAY ADS

Publicly, Warren — a clil psychologist, semary profsor and vout Christian — claimed that was bee he had no expertise when me to gay datg. In a 2013 terview wh CNBC, he lamented that his pany was forced to “put up a same-sex se” and said gay marriage “has really damaged our pany.

NEIL CLARK WARREN, EHARMONY FOUNR, SAYS GAY MARRIAGE 'DAMAGED HIS COMPANY'

”“We lerally had to hire guards to protect our liv, bee the people were so hurt and angry wh , ” he said at the time, bee “Christian people” felt the pany’s gay datg se was “a vlatn to scripture. ”Warren also suggted to CNBC that eHarmony vt $10 ln to “figure out” homosexualy, which he lled “at the very bt … a paful way for a lot of people to have to live.

”“This eHarmony ad brawash children and adults by sensizg them and nvcg them that homosexualy is natural, ” a statement on the One Milln Moms webse reads, “when realy is an unnatural love that is forbidn by Scripture jt like love rooted adultery is forbidn.

'ONE MILLN MOMS' MELTS DOWN OVER AD FEATURG GAY MEN HUGGG AND EATG BREAD WH PEANUT BUTTER

'" asked Michelle Malk To settle a discrimatn lawsu filed by a gay man, the Christian-targeted onle datg service eHarmony has been forced to open a matchmakg service for same-sex upl. Maybe straight men and women should start sug gay s—"erced tolerance" cuts both 't expect gay men and lbians to sh to e eHarmony's new service, said the blog Queerty.

The owner of eHarmony, Neil Clark Warren, has already ma his feelgs clear by g up wh "all sorts of fun exc to exclu gay sgl"—cludg the one where he says there's no pot tryg to help people form lifelong relatnships if 's illegal for them to marry. Nobody "wants to get hched by a homophobic matchmaker.

I DIDN'T REALIZE EHARMONY WAS DOG GAY ADS

" That's why eHarmony's polici seem self-featg, said Liz Gunnison "Polics asi, 's surprisg om a bs perspective that eHarmony has not voluntarily opened s matchmakg service up to the gay muny.

I DIDN'T REALIZE EHARMONY WAS DOG GAY ADS

"Of urse, the creatn of a separate se for gays—even if 's absolutely intil—will almost certaly lead to more sus the future. The Christian -founr of the popular datg se eHarmony is no stranger to sparkg ntroversy the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT), however, Neil Clark Warren has gone even further, sayg he's "tired" of the same-sex marriage bate and what he perceiv as s negative impact on eHarmony. ” It seems his pany's cisn to lnch a separate service for gay and lbian sgl lled Compatible Partners rponse to a lawsu filed agast eHarmony 2008 for not offerg LGBT matchmakg brought along s own set of challeng.

"I have said that eHarmony really ought to put up $10 ln and ask other pani to put up money and do a really first class job of figurg out homosexualy, " he also noted.

IS EHARMONY BIASED AGAST GAYS?

The datg se eHarmony is now openg a separate but equal se for gays. But attorney Theodore Olson, who issued a statement on the pany’s behalf, ma clear that did not agree to offer gay match willgly. The settlement, which did not fd that EHarmony broke any laws, lls for the pany to eher offer the gay match on s current venue or create a new se for them.

” One prum that, as a private bs, they’d be ee to ci how to n and gays are not generally regard as a protected class. Of urse, the creatn of a separate se for gays — even if ’s absolutely intil — will almost certaly lead to more sus the future.

THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S

UPDATE: GayPatrtWt wonrs when a Christian will sue JDate, “The Leadg Jewish Sgl Network, ” and Michelle Malk suggts, “Perhaps heterosexual men and women should start filg lawsus agast gay datg webs and unrme their bs.

""It’s the se’s attempt to normalize and glorify the LGBTQ liftyle by featurg a homosexual uple huggg, feedg each other, and wipg the other one’s mouth.