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Contents:

• 81-YEAR-OLD EHARMONY FOUNR ON GAY MARRIAGE AND TR
• NEIL CLARK WARREN, EHARMONY FOUNR, SAYS GAY MARRIAGE 'DAMAGED HIS COMPANY'
• EHARMONY TO PROVI GAY DATG SERVICE AFTER LAWSU
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• 'ONE MILLN MOMS' MELTS DOWN OVER AD FEATURG GAY MEN HUGGG AND EATG BREAD WH PEANUT BUTTER
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

81-YEAR-OLD EHARMONY FOUNR ON GAY MARRIAGE AND TR

Gay marriage In 2005, the pany was sued for discrimatn of same-sex upl.

To settle a lawsu, eHarmony 2009 lnched Compatible Partners, a se for gay and lbian sgl.

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

"We've suffered om the ntentns of that topic, " Warren said, who add that wasn't about beg anti-gay.

EHARMONY TO PROVI GAY DATG SERVICE AFTER LAWSU

"We didn't want to pretend to be experts on gay and lbian upl, " said Warren.

"We're not anti-gay at all.. " Warren says the pany -- which s patented algorhm to nnect people based on 29 dimensns of patibily -- is now seeg succs matchg up gay and lbian sgl on Compatible Partners.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

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. ”“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

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. 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.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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. 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. Onle datg service eHarmony has agreed to create a new Web se — "Compatible Partners" — for gay and lbian ers, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General announced.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

Created as part of a settlement wh Eric McKley, a gay man om New Jersey, the Web se will provi servic for ers seekg same-sex partners by March 31, New Jersey Divisn on Civil Rights Director J. "Wh the lnch of the Compatible Partners se, our policy is to wele all sgle dividuals who are genuely seekg long-term relatnships, " eHarmony Vice Print of Legal Affairs Antone Johnson said a New Jersey settlement is not the first lawsu filed agast eHarmony for failg to acmodate sex-same Carlson, of California, sued the onle datg service May 2007, allegg discrimated agast gays, lbians and bisexuals. Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. ""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.

"“This eharmony ad brawash children and adults by sensizg them and nvcg them that homosexualy is natural, when realy is an unnatural love that is forbidn by Scripture jt like love rooted adultery is forbidn.

"And jt se her pot wasn't clear, she ends her msage wh:"Homosexualy is immoral. They had no patience for homophobia the Ross/YouTubeAled Verhoeven/YouTubeMany of the menters were pleased to see eharmony AU's clive Williams/YouTubePurple Blaze/YouTubeOne person cheekily argued the most disturbg part of the ad was the preparatn of the toast.