20th January 2008

So Wrong I Don't Know Where to Start

Posted by thebaldchick in Uncategorized |

Using the court system (or even the threat of using the court system) to bully a business George and the Dragon psp into changing its own business plan.

Online dating service eHarmony has agreed to create a new website for gays and lesbians as part of a settlement with a gay man in New Jersey, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General said on Wednesday.

The website will provide a dating service with “male seeking a male” or “female seeking a female” options, the Attorney General’s office said in a statement.

eHarmony said it will launch the new same-sex dating site, named “Compatible Partners,” by March 31.

The lawsuit was filed back in 2005, so I’m sure that part of the reason eHarmony gave in to the bullies’ demands is that they’ve been forced to pay lawyers repeatedly for a case that should have been tossed out on day one.

No one has the right to dictate what services a business offers. eHarmony is in the business of matching the compatibility of men and women seeking relationships. That’s their business model. They aren’t hurting anyone or even discriminating against anyone.

Is a steak restaurant harmful to or discriminatory against vegetarians? Of course not. And hopefully any court case filed against a steak restaurant for not serving marinated portobello mushrooms with goat cheese would never see the light of day. Now, if the steak restaurant refused to serve a steak to someone because they were gay, that would be a different matter entirely.

Is a mens clothing store harmful to or discriminatory against women? Of course not. And again, hopefully any court case filed against a mens clothing store for not selling skirts would be laughed right out of court. Of course, if a store refused to sell you a pair of jeans because you’re gay, call your lawyer.

Neither an individual nor the government can have this kind of power over a private, for-profit business if we are truly going to keep trying to have a free society (not to mention a civilization) here. The company has every right to offer the service it chooses to offer. How can we have a free and functioning economy — let alone a thriving one — if a company is now forced to invest in another whole arm of their business against their will, because the judiciary system is being used as a social battering ram?

Bottom line? If you want a delectable vegetarian entree, don’t go to a steak house. If you want a flirty skirt, don’t go to a mens clothing store. And if you’re looking for a gay partner, don’t go to a dating service for heterosexuals.

**UPDATE**

OK, I had to laugh. This story was on my front page when I signed onto my computer this morning. It got me so hot that I had to blog on it right away. After I posted this, I went about my usual morning ritual of checking out other blogs, and came upon Michelle Malkin’s lead piece for the day. I guess it’s a case of Michelle minds thinking alike?!?

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  1. 1 On November 20th, 2008, Rhonda said:

    This might sustain them for awhile until the state of California decides that everyone in the state who voted for Prop 8 should be beaten with a wet noodle repeatedly.

    I couldn’t agree with you more if I tried. A friend of mine is not gay, but he has HIV and thankfully has lived with it for 24 years - truly a blessing. But the point is that because of his illness, it spurred him on to create a special dating site for other people in his unique situation…both gay and straight. There are tons and tons of different dating sites out there that cater to every kind of fetish and situation imaginable. I’m certain that the predominant clientele for his site is homosexual males, but there are a lot of heterosexuals as well.

    In eHarmony’s case, they are catering to Christian heterosexuals, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. This man in Jersey’s lawsuit wasn’t about his not being able to use eHarmony, it was about tearing down eHarmony and getting back at Christians through the court system. If he absolutely could not find a gay dating service online and could not meet anyone outside the comfort of his home because he is just too hideous for words (which is entirely possible), then he might have a case. But as far as I’m concerned, they gave up far too soon and too much in order to make this matter go away.

    Some things are just too important to not fight for, because like it or not we are in a cultural war like we’ve never seen before in our lifetimes.

  2. 2 On November 20th, 2008, Katherine Strong said:

    As an evangelical Christian, I can’t help but feel more “hemmed in” everyday. I have homosexuality shoved in my face nowadays, on TV, in the movies, at my workplace, everywhere I turn. I am tired of being told I have to be “politically correct” (this IS still America, right?? what happened to MY right to say that I think the homosexual lifestyle is a deviant one, and one that I find personally repugnant?)…now, apparently, not only am I supposed to act like I think it’s OK, I am supposed to put up with gays pushing their “rights” in, in order to push my rights out. Isn’t it bad enough that gays are trying to infiltrate the church, our schools, the media, and even MARRIAGE, God help us; now they want Christian-based websites to be forced to facilitate and assist them in their deviant behavior. Where did OUR rights go?

  3. 3 On November 20th, 2008, Rhonda said:

    Amen.

  4. 4 On November 20th, 2008, Ruthiness said:

    You guys are spot on - and it’s an outrage to have this noisy and ignorant group dictating to any business that they should conduct their business in a certain way to please THEM. eHarmony has a right to cater to the market they see fit and that market was NOT homosexuals. It is their right to do this. Any judge considering this case and allowing it to go forward should be seriously questioned as to their common sense. As one of the commenters said, this jerk in New Jersey should HAVE TO SHOW HOW HE WAS HARMED BY EHARMONY NOT CATERING TO HIS DEVIANT DESIRES. This is what citizens are told in a recent case questioning Obama’s citizenship - Philip Berg in particular - a judge threw out his claim because he could not show how he was harmed. Why is this eHarmony case treated differently? I’ll tell you why - because the gay rights retards are a bunch of disrespecting BULLIES and I say it’s time we FIGHT BACK and beat the crap out of them. I’m sick and tired of having different laws for illegals, gay rights idiots and then law-abiding, decent living, citizens who get the SHAFT every time.

    This kind of treatment and abuse of our courts is leading STRAIGHT to American Revolution II and if you are a gay activist you will NOT be on our side.

  5. 5 On November 20th, 2008, Somedude said:

    I probably differ with most of you on this subject… I agree that businesses should not be compelled to change their business model to accommodate segments of the population that they have no will to support. However, I also don’t think it’s the government’s place to deny civil rights to some just because they live their lives differently. Nor is it my place to judge. I voted against Prop 8, not because I’m enamored by the gay lifestyle, but because I can’t see that it’s especially productive to disallow them equal rights under the law. It’s just simply not my place to stand in the way of peoples’ happiness. If the sticking point is with the word “marriage” and the religious connotation it holds, then everyone needs to just have a civil union as a catchall for legal purposes, and marriage should just be the province of religion.

  6. 6 On November 21st, 2008, Jake said:

    Somedude, I agree almost entirely with what you say, here’s my sticking point, its one thing to tolerate something and another thing entirely to celebrate it and yet another to be forced to celebrate something against your will. I am willing to tolerate homosexuality but I’m not willing to celebrate it. Yet I feel like we are starting to be forced not merely to tolerate something we may not agree with, but to approve of it and celebrate it.

    That isn’t what “tolerance” means. Actual tolerance means tolerating things we may not agree with like, oh I don’t know, homosexuality?

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