Posted on 10/05/2007 7:52:09 AM PDT by reaganaut1
eHarmony allows clients to discriminate on the race of potential mates. Even though it's only acting on the wishes of its clients, matching services that discriminate by race may violate a statute dating back to the Civil War that prohibits race discrimination in contracting. Think about it. eHarmony is a for-profit company that takes $50 from black clients and refuses to treat them the same (match them with the same people) as some white clients. A restauraunt would be in a lot of trouble if it refused to seat Hispanic customers in a section where customers stated a preference to have "Anglos only."
If you are paying an Internet company to do your job for you, you shouldn’t be surprised if they cut corners in the interest of efficiency. ;)
I suspect that the author's real complaint is about eHarmony not dealing with homosexuals, and that the other stuff is just window dressing. JMO.
Since when did we lose the right to choose who our partner may be, you know, the right to free association? I thought my law school was terrible when it came to teaching Constitutional Law, but it appears Yale now has it beat. A scary insight to what this strain of socialists would impose on us if they ever got control.
They should start HomoHarmony and be done with it.
I won’t date Bama or Tennessee fans, period. Georgia fans had better put out by the second date or they’re history.
since when, you liar! you told me that breathing, female and mammal were your criteria!
You and your memory are quite irritating, xs.
trying to pass yourself off as all particular and discriminatin’, ya dang ‘bama!
Ain't she though.
No interracial matches on eHarmony?
I see an opportunity for Madame Puddyfoot.
not bad with the prealzheimers i have going on for regular stuff, huh? rest assured that your every indiscretion is being retained for future use.... : )
And that's one hell of a big file.
As a “white man” who prefers Latin and middle eastern women, I believe I am well within my rights to discriminate in choosing a mate.
ROLL TIDE!
What’s funny is that on my street here in suburban Dallas-Fort Worth, we are represented by graduates from Florida, Alabama, LSU, Tennessee and Georgia. Needless to say our block parties on weekends are very interesting.
Had to move back, though. Missed the Bama barbecue at Archibald's, and couldn’t find anything comparable in the Houston area. :)
However, once a match is found, and if a picture is supplied, dater 'a' doesn't have to choose to actually go on a date with dater 'b' if dater 'a' does not want to.
Think about it. eHarmony is a for-profit company that takes $50 from black clients and refuses to treat them the same (match them with the same people) as some white clients.
There's two different issues here from what I can see. One is that eHarmony allows clients to decide a racial preference and yet this author says that eHarmony is not treating blacks the same as whites by prohibiting them from choosing whites?
You can't say that allowing soemone to make their own choices is the same as prohibiting someone from doing something.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.