Malkin: The eHarmony Shakedown

**Terri** · #1 11-21-2008, 09:23 AM

By Michelle Malkin
November 21, 2008

Congratulations, tolerance mau-mauers: Your shakedown of a Christian-targeted dating website worked. Homosexuals will no longer be denied the inalienable "right" to hook up with same-sex partners on eHarmony. What a landmark triumph for social progress, eh?

New Jersey plaintiff Eric McKinley can now crown himself the new Rosa Parks -- heroically breaking down inhumane barriers to Internet matchmaking by forcing a law-abiding private company to provide services it was never created to provide. "Men seeking men" has now been enshrined with "I have a dream" as a civil rights rallying cry of the 21st century. Bully for you, Mr. McKinley. You bully.

Neil Warren, eHarmony's founder, is a gentle, grandfatherly businessman who launched his popular dating site to support heterosexual marriage. A "Focus on the Family" author with a divinity degree, Warren encourages healthy, lasting unions between men and women of all faiths, mixed faiths or no faith at all.

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FITCamaro · #2 11-21-2008, 09:47 AM

This is ridiculous. Where does this end? Should I be able to sue now because say I want to use the lady's bathroom and a restaurant or public building won't let me?

Since when does a business have to offer a service to anyone? If EHarmony is required to offer dating services to gays then the Black Entertainment Awards should have to consider white, hispanic, and asian actors for their awards.

thomas · #3 11-21-2008, 09:59 AM

eHarmony should cease doing business in New Jersey. Unfortunately, the unintended (or perhaps intended) consequence - customers will stop doing business with eHarmony. Could new advertising note - we are being coerced into offering these services, naming names (I think court records are public, are they not?). MLK must be spinning in his grave.
The Old Chief

MamaCat · #4 11-21-2008, 10:10 AM

Two things in this article particularly impress me. First is Michelle's kindness in not being critical of eHarmony for basically "giving in". She is compassionate and understanding. My first thought was that I probably would have closed down my business before giving in to the rats. I'm so sorry for this man who has had to compromise his values to stay in business. I'm sure it must be taking its toll on him.

Secondly, she suggests that our side must start taking offensive action rather than always being on the defensive. She is so right! Where are the conservative geniuses who are willing to lead the way? What we need are the financial and legal benefactors comparable to those who are pushing the left's agenda.

83ragtop50 · #5 11-21-2008, 10:23 AM

I have viewed this ongoing government coercion of this private business, and many others, for some time now. My conclusion is that in our effort to be "fair" through government policy and domination we have surrendered our rights as private citizens and business owners. The government has absolutely no constitutional authority to tell anyone how to run a business. Riots and revolutions have sprang up from lesser examples of governments run amuck. It is time for all of us to stand up and not only say "NO", but "HELL NO".

I am not advocating an overthrow of the government, but I am advocating a thorough political housecleaning at all governemnt levels. This is a democratic republic (or used to be). So where is the representation of the majority?

BTW, the gentleman should have shut down the business. There are principles by which we should live our lives at any cost.

sherman · #6 11-21-2008, 10:26 AM

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Perhaps heterosexual men and women should start filing lawsuits against gay dating websites and undermine their businesses. Coerced tolerance and diversity-by-fiat cut both ways.

Actually that's not a bad idea!
Maybe I'm off base with this one, but me thinks that eHarmony's lawyer should have shown some backbone and fought this out. All the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.
Would it cost? Without a doubt, but those costs would be recouped when they won; plus it may cause the homosexual agenda backers, to realize that the hetero-sexual people of this country (which btw, IS the majority), are no longer going to allow their Constitutional rights, to go down without a fight.

True, it will take awhile for the homosexual backers to get the "hint", but they will.

dmazanec · #7 11-21-2008, 10:31 AM

I have an idea. Turn about is fair play so why not take HRC to court and force them to provide services that they don't offer. Services like evangelical Christian based day care, or providing much needed healthcare benefits to the terminally ill? By forcing these organizations to foot the bill we could bankrupt them in no time.

**Terri** · #8 11-21-2008, 10:33 AM

I think I have a generation gap with this one.

I can identify with wanting to do something about activist court interference in private business. I'm totally against it.

But why on earth do so many people seem to need a dating service? Is there something wrong with normal ways of meeting people?

Texanna · #9 11-21-2008, 10:39 AM

I'm with you, Terri.

Melissa47 · #10 11-21-2008, 10:40 AM

I see the eHarmony because they have you take a test, so it's not based on looks, but on ideas. My husband actually wanted us to go on to see if they would match us up! ha~

I used to have some sympathy for the gay crowd; until they started trying to FORCE it into the public square. I don't mind the concept of them wanting to be able to visit in hospitals, etc. but they don't want Equal Rights, they want MORE THAN EQUAL rights! Sounds like the book "1984" where some are more equal than others...