eHarmony & Discrimination
June 1, 2007
If there were no such thing as Diet Coke, would you try and sue coca-cola to make a lighter version of their trademark? If Pizza Hut didn’t offer a vegetarian option, would you raise hell in order to force them to do so? If you’re a full-figured woman, and [insert trendy fashion design label] doesn’t make a dress in your size, do you call for the government to require that they provide one for you?
Or would you simply buy diet-Pepsi, and eat your pie from Papa John’s, and buy your dresses at White House/Black Market instead?
What if you’re gay or lesbian, and one particular personals site doesn’t cater to your lifestyle?
Linda Carlson said she tried to use the Internet site in February to meet a woman but could not based on her sexual orientation. When Carlson wrote to eHarmony to complain, the company refused to change its policy, according to the lawsuit filed on her behalf in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
“Such outright discrimination is hurtful and disappointing for a business open to the public in this day and age,” Carlson said in a statement.
Ms. Carlson, why don’t you stop trying to run other people’s shit. Aren’t you better served by a corporation that actually caters to you, one that has your interests in mind?
Look, N. Clark Warren is a man with an agenda - a Christian agenda - which he promotes through eHarmony. I’ll admit that it is disingenuous for eHarmony to advertise their “29 dimensions of compatibility,” and their overall success record matching couples based on love, when the truth of the matter is that eHarmony is only interested in one sort of love: that between a man and a woman. It is disingenuous for them to insist they aren’t discriminating - of course they are. And they ought to be able to do just that, because you have no right to force them to do business with anyone other than those with whom they want to do business. They obviously don’t want your business based on some irrational fear or hatred of you, your biology, your choices, &c. eHarmony thinks so little of you that they don’t even want your money - what kind of service and attention do you think you’ll get from them?
Your time is obviously scarce, Ms. Carlson, else you’d meet someone through friends - you know - the normal way. Why you would choose to use your limited time trying to force someone who hates you to take your money in exchange for a service they clearly don’t want to give you, and probably wouldn’t provide in a satisfactory manner anyways… it simply boggles the mind.
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Update: A Stitch in Haste informs us that Ms. Carlson’s suit is in accord with the letter of - if not actually encouraged by - California State law.
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