And did you also catch this? There are lots of questions these days concerning the internet match-making service called "eHarmony."
A lot of the arguments both supporting eHarmony and against it are summarized here.
To me, it's nice to see an online dating and match-making service that espouses traditional values, and goes beyond just promoting a way to gain quick hook-ups.
But that's not my main point. Rather, what caught my eye from the above article was this:
"In June, a California judge will hear a plaintiffs' motion for class certification in a case that accuses eHarmony of discrimination against gays and lesbians. eHarmony does not reject gays—it simply doesn't accept them: the only choices on the site are "man seeking woman" or "woman seeking man." A company lawyer explains that eHarmony makes matches based on unique scientific research into what makes heterosexual unions work; it hasn't done the same kind of work on gay unions, though it doesn't rule out such research in the future."
Okay. So what's the problem? How can eHarmony be sued? It's a private concern; it has nothing to do with the government. The way the site is set up makes it clear that, sorry, it is not a site that can help gays and lesbians find a relationship (I'm sure there are sites that CAN handle that, however). And so what? Where do folks get the idea that a private matchmaking service MUST deal with every couple that seeks its aid? I don't see why it should. Gays, lesbians, polygamists, swingers, left-handed people...they can establish their own dating sites. Meanwhile, eHarmony.com, as a private concern, should have the right to set up its parameters as it sees fit, and to, yes, reject whomever it wants. You don't like it? Go elsewhere. That's all there is to it.
