There is no way to tie up the conclusion to the controversial lawsuit and cyberspace dispute into a pretty and pink little bow for eHarmony and the LGBT community. Should dating sites, straight and gay, be all for one and one for all?
It all started with a lesbian in San Francisco, Linda Carlson, who wanted to post a personal ad on eHarmony.com, a popular dating site, hoping to find love but only to get rejected recently has got bloggers, writers and the entire world weighing in with a broad range of opinion and questioning the core of America’s sense and sensibility.
We are clearly awed by how big and insane this cyberspace dispute has become and triggered the heart of the LGBT community to jump a triple somersault and divided the nation into two - one supporting it and the other thinking it is unfair and not right. A specific case of basic human rights versus basic business rights – just who is right?
eHarmony, a straight dating site, has long rattled the cage of the LGBT community by refusing to offer men seeking men and women seeking women options on its site. But to its over 12 million very satisfied members, many of whom have amazingly found true love on the site, Carlson has no case and the LGBT community has no rights to change its business policy other than to try to learn from its phenomenal success and adopt its winning strategies instead.
Similar cyber dispute story, different time and place. A Montreal man is also launching a human-rights complaint against Curves, a U.S.-based chain of women-only fitness clubs on the grounds he was denied membership.
Just like Carlson Vs eHarmony, the case comes after a city woman filed a sexual discrimination complaint because she was ejected from Le Stud, a men-only bar in the city's gay district.
Lost in this masquerade, lawyers are shaking their heads as human rights activists and members from both sides are getting very defensive.
All the reports seem to be siding and LGBT community so far and have been pointing their accusing fingers at the giant love machine saying that the lawsuit alleging discrimination, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Carlson, was based on sexual orientation, urging us to ask should dating sites, straight or gay, be all for one and one for all?
It all started with a lesbian in San Francisco, Linda Carlson, who wanted to post a personal ad on eHarmony.com, a popular dating site, hoping to find love but only to get rejected recently has got bloggers, writers and the entire world weighing in with a broad range of opinion and questioning the core of America’s sense and sensibility.
We are clearly awed by how big and insane this cyberspace dispute has become and triggered the heart of the LGBT community to jump a triple somersault and divided the nation into two - one supporting it and the other thinking it is unfair and not right. A specific case of basic human rights versus basic business rights – just who is right?
eHarmony, a straight dating site, has long rattled the cage of the LGBT community by refusing to offer men seeking men and women seeking women options on its site. But to its over 12 million very satisfied members, many of whom have amazingly found true love on the site, Carlson has no case and the LGBT community has no rights to change its business policy other than to try to learn from its phenomenal success and adopt its winning strategies instead.
Similar cyber dispute story, different time and place. A Montreal man is also launching a human-rights complaint against Curves, a U.S.-based chain of women-only fitness clubs on the grounds he was denied membership.
Just like Carlson Vs eHarmony, the case comes after a city woman filed a sexual discrimination complaint because she was ejected from Le Stud, a men-only bar in the city's gay district.
Lost in this masquerade, lawyers are shaking their heads as human rights activists and members from both sides are getting very defensive.
All the reports seem to be siding and LGBT community so far and have been pointing their accusing fingers at the giant love machine saying that the lawsuit alleging discrimination, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Carlson, was based on sexual orientation, urging us to ask should dating sites, straight or gay, be all for one and one for all?