eHarmony forced to sell out to homosexuals

November 25, 2008 by Larry on My Take

I think I need this one explained to me. Why should eHarmony, a dating site that specializes in long term relationships between a man and a woman be forced to cater to the homosexual lifestyle? Dr. Neil Clark Warren founded the site with the express intent of fostering that kind of relationships. Now, despite the fact that there are homosexual dating services online, the defendant, Eric McKinley, decided he wanted to join eHarmony, instead of a service that specializes in homosexual relationships. How can anyone call that discrimination? Let’s look at some for instances.

Since I know a lot about the automotive industry, let’s start there. I now work at an independent repair facility, but I have worked at both General Motors and Ford service shops. Both of those shops had one thing in common; they were specialists in what they did. The General Motors shop worked on vehicles manufactured by General Motors and the Ford shop worked on vehicles manufactured by Ford Motor Company. They did not work on vehicles manufactured by another company. The reason behind this is simple. They know their own vehicles quite well, but the others, not so much. Would it be discrimination if an owner of a Ford vehicle took it to a General Motors shop and was turned away? I don’t think so because the owner would be asking for a service the General Motors shop did not provide.

Let’s look at another example. I really like a good hamburger. If I go to, say a seafood restaurant and ask for a hamburger, is it discrimination because they refuse me something they do not provide in the first place? Again, I don’t think so. If I want a hamburger, then I need to go to a restaurant that serves hamburgers.

Maybe these two examples are over simplified, but how hard can it be to understand this. If you are homosexual and you are wanting to find another homosexual to enter into a long term relationship with, why would you even consider going to a service that specializes in heterosexual relationships? I believe the reason is simple. The homosexuals are crying about their civil rights, but this has nothing to do with civil rights and everything to do with them wanting to force their way of life on those who want nothing to do with it.

So, despite the fact that eHarmony was minding their own business and not discriminating against anyone, they are now the victim of a lawsuit and are having to pay $50,000 in court costs, along with $5,000 to Eric McKinley. I really wish they had stuck to their guns, but I suppose I can understand why they didn’t. That kind of money is no small change.

Personally, I believe homosexuality is not a healthy lifestyle and I believe the Bible teaches that it is a sin. However, I do not believe your or I have the right to control the acts two consenting adults engage in, as long as it is not done in public. By the same token, I do not believe homosexuals should have a carte blanche right to force those of us who believe homosexuality is a sin to accept it as normal behavior and at the same time, accuse us of discrimination for not doing so. In my opinion, calling eHarmony’s business model discriminatory to homosexuals is akin to slapping the African Americans and other minority groups in the face. If you want to see real discrimination, just look at some of the history of our country in general and the southern region in particular. Groups like the African Americans, the Jews, and the Irish have faced real discrimination, much more than someone being denied a service that wasn’t even being offered in the first place.

That’s my take!

Larry