eHarmony Sued for Gay Rights Issues
Jan 27, 2010 | Posted by in Google News, News | 0 Comments
Dating Website ‘Welcomes’ Gay Users
A major dating site has agreed to make itself more “welcoming” to gays and lesbians, following at two and a half year legal battle.
eHarmony.com settled with half a million dollars, with $4,000 of the settlement funds going to each complainant who filed against the company in California.
In a separate unrelated settlement last year, the company created a gay and lesbian dating site called Compatiable Partners which does make its connection to eHarmony explicit.
However, it resisted calls from gays and lesbians keen to use its main dating service, arguing that the company’s formula for matching couples was based solely on heterosexual married couples.
The company also argued that there were alternative services for those wanting same-sex relationships.
Attorney Todd Schneider, representing the plaintiffs, said: “We’re delighted that eHarmony has chosen to make its remarkable technology available to the gay and lesbian community in a way that is more welcoming and inclusive.”
eHarmony was established in 2000 by the evangelical Christian clinical psychologist Neil Clark Warren.
His service is famous for isolating 29 ‘dimensions’ for dating success, on which people are matched for their suitability.
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