Well, we live in an overly sensitive and litigious society now, people sue over everthing. Hot coffee, marketing, religious beliefs (moral) or what ever it may be.

"Dont ask, dont tell" was ignorant anyway...it should have never been in place. Talk about riding a fence, it never will work. Ive was in the military for 12 years, I dont mind standing next to anyone will to take a bullet for me...I would have done the same thing.

I stand by my moral and religious beliefs even if others dont agree...Its not society that dictates my behavior it a much higher power. I also dont tell others how they should live.

I will say gay/les. is not a lifestyle I agree with but they are people too and do have rights as humans beings just like me to be treated fairly. To bad one can not live by their own beliefs (provided they dont cause harm to another) without others pushing theirs on them.

May as well start putting the women in with the men too, would save the military some money if nothing else,,,

Absolutely true. I'm sure one of the reasons they told me I was unmatchable was because I wasn't homophobic enough (or religious enough) to fit into their agenda.

You might be right!

if one site isnt catering to ones specific preference,,,go to another. Are we really going to start down the road of demanding every dating website accomodate EVERY sexual preference or lifestyle...

Yea...I agree. I was just sayin'...I find the whole thing amusing. I mean...we got Gay Thug Dating, right?

I can't understand how Eharmony is still in business. What people need to do instead of lawsuits is to discriminate AGAINST Eharmony and not give them business. Just because someone pays money for a dating site, doesn't mean they will get any better results. Plus you will see the same people on paid sites that you see on free sites. Having a computer tell me who I'm attracted to is creepy.

wow that sucks. i dont like e harmony

I liked what I saw of EHarmony. But I agree that instead of lawsuits people should just not give business to those they feel are leaving them out, unless it is intentionally malicious.

I don't use E-harmony, but it is a privately owned site. If I owned a site, I would make it open to all, but I don't own a site

As much as I might agree with E0harmony, they have the rights. Just like the site specifically for certain weights, race, religion, and even gay thug dating.

I just wonder if E-harmony has some kind of disclaimer about this though

HOPEfully Eharmony will appeal this and a sensible judge will hear the case find in Eharmony's favor and over turn this decision!

PASADENA, Calif. – January 26, 2010 – eHarmony, Inc. has entered into an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit brought against the company. The action, Carlson, et. al., v. eHarmony, Inc., et al., was filed in 2007 on behalf of a class of gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals in California who alleged that they were unable to use the company’s website to be matched with same-sex partners.

The company has not admitted any wrongdoing or liability. The proposed settlement is subject to approval by the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, following notice to members of the class.

In March 2009, eHarmony launched a same-sex matching service called Compatible Partners. The settlement agreement includes provisions by which eHarmony will modify and maintain certain features on the eHarmony.com and Compatible Partners websites to make them even more welcoming to people who seek same-sex matches. These provisions include:

Maintain the Compatible Partners website and the ability for people to select “man seeking man” or “woman seeking woman” options from a drop-down menu on the eHarmony.com homepage

Identify Compatible Partners as a service “Brought to you by eHarmony” instead of “Powered by eHarmony”

Display eHarmony’s trademark logo on the Compatible Partners page

Indicate in the URL line, HTML line or a tab to first-time Compatible Partners users that they are on an eHarmony website
Include a “Gay Dating” link on the bottom of eHarmony.com alongside other links to “Jewish Dating,” “Senior Dating,” “Hispanic dating,” and the like

The Settlement Agreement also provides for individuals seeking both same-sex matches and opposite-sex matches to pay a single subscription fee.

Additionally under the settlement, all claims will be dismissed and a $2 million settlement fund will be established. Approximately $500,000 will be designated as a fund for claims by the class. Any unclaimed portion of this fund will be donated to a charity designated by the court. Fees to the class counsel will be awarded by the court.

Terms for distribution of the settlement fund and other settlement terms will be disclosed in a notice to be sent to class members after preliminary court approval.

“We are delighted that eHarmony is making its remarkable technology available to the gay and lesbian community in a way that is more welcoming and inclusive,” said Todd Schneider of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky LLP, co-lead counsel for the plaintiff class.

“eHarmony can be proud of the reputation that it has built as the best dating site on the Internet and it can be proud of the relationship that it is building with the gay and lesbian community,” said Jeremy Pasternak of the Law Office of Jeremy Pasternak, co-lead counsel for the plaintiff class.

“This is an excellent agreement. It is gratifying to see eHarmony, Inc. support matching for the gay and lesbian community, which makes the Internet a more open place,” said Joshua Konecky of Schneider Wallace, co-lead counsel for the plaintiff class.

“eHarmony is happy to move beyond this litigation so it can continue building Compatible Partners into a successful service,” said Robert Freitas of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, outside counsel to the company.

http://www.eharmony.com/press/release

I propose straight people go to sites that are sexual preference specific and file suits against them, while I'm at it I wanna sue BET!

as for the military, I have never been in the military (I have problems with authority ) so I'm not sure how it would effect the soldiers, if it would at all. As far as the actual job, then it shouldn't matter

I just saw an E-harmony commercial (ironic huh lol) and they claim that 2% of the marriages (last year I believe) were from people meeting from E-harmony. Now how accurate is that and how do they get this figure?

I dont think they have one. I do know that their advertisements are always of male female couples and quite a few refer to the successful marriages that come about, also a relationship between male and female. I suppose it is geared to attract a certain segment of the dating world, just as seniors sites or gay sites are, but there isnt a SPECIFIC disclaimer regarding sexual orientation.

from the sites FAQ

Research conducted by Harris Interactive finds that, on average, 236 eHarmony members marry every day in the United States as a result of being matched on eHarmony. Harris Interactive is a global leader in market research and they conducted the research through a nationwide online survey using a representative sample of 7,135 Americans aged 20-54 who were married between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007. Data were weighted to be representative of recently married U.S. residents within that age range. Respondents were about equally divided between men (49 percent) and women (51 percent). U.S. Census Bureau data were used to extrapolate the number of couples nationwide who married after being matched by eHarmony. The overall margin of error is 0.51 percent.

What? No Gay Thug E-Harmony?

I'm confused. (I'm not taking sides). At the end of 2008, eHarmony
agreed to create a site (Compatible Partners) to accommodate the
"men seeking men" and "women seeking women" scenarios. They
launched the site sometime in Mar 2008 due to complaints filed
as far as back as 2005.

What's this one about?

Are we living in Communist China now?We don't have the right to not allow certain members in PRIVATE clubs and websites?It's no secret that E-harmony is a Christian website that practices what it preaches by not allowing gays in their website.It also filters out other people who it believes is not good for it's website.This is nothing more than one gay person who wants to take a perfectly good website for Christians and drag it's name in the mud.Even after this win I know gays are not going to visit E-harmony to hook up because why would they?There won't be any gays there.It would be like me trying to find a good straight Christian woman in some gay website. There is probably a hundred or so gay websites out there with unlimited people to choose from.

The gays are always preaching tolerance.Forcing a company to believe what you want them to believe against their will is hardly tolerant.I can only hope E-harmony files suit against the gay websites for not having a section in their website for Christians seeking Christians.

This win will go down in history as a great injustice and only increase tensions between the Christians and the gays.