Dec 18th, 2007
eHarmony, For One and All. Or Maybe Not.
There are many online dating sites, each having their own unique flavor that I recommend, however, I have a hard time recommending one in particular. eHarmony.
Although eHarmony has a unique, and somewhat private matching system, a mission to counsel married couples, and also a self-proclaimed diverse pool of singles, there is one thing that they won’t do: help the gays.
In May a California woman filed a lawsuit against eHarmony claiming that they would not help her find a mate because she was a lesbian. eHarmony claims that it is not opposed to offering this service it just does not do it at this time.
Fair enough, but something tells me that a company founded by a minister with ties to Focus on the Family isn’t too eager to do so.
It appears that eHarmony doesn’t help all heterosexuals either. A close friend of mine hesitantly went online to complete the tedious application process only to be told that eHarmony couldn’t match her. The automated response said that one out of five individuals cannot be helped by eHarmony.
How’s that for choosy?
When we ran a poll in May asking “Do you agree with eHarmony rejecting people?”, the results were a close fight. See http://www.pinoy.ca/eharmony/331 .
Its interesting that so many people are ok with it. I don’t understand.