Family Research Council is pissed at eHarmony.

[JackBeck]

For those that need a refresher course on identifying the real enemy:

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU08K12&f=RF07B06

eHarmony: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

The surest way to lose the culture war is refusing to fight. Unfortunately, no company illustrates that better than eHarmony, whose shocking concession to the homosexual movement is sending tremors through the faith community. In New Jersey, a man named Eric McKinley filed a complaint against the dating service, arguing that its website discriminated against homosexuals by not offering same-sex matching. When the state's attorney general pressed eHarmony about its policy, the company surrendered on the spot. Instead of fighting New Jersey's unreasonable demands, eHarmony collapsed under the intimidation. In a settlement reached out of court, Neil Clark Warren's enterprise agreed to cover $50,000 in administrative costs, pay McKinley $5,000, and give free six-month memberships to the first 10,000 homosexuals who register.

To those of us in the pro-family movement who hailed eHarmony's commitment to the virtue of traditional marriage, the company's actions are distressing and damaging. Even legal experts on the Left agreed that McKinley didn't have a case since Warren, as the owner of a private company, has a right to keep lawful limits on his clients. What's worse, there were plenty of ways for the site to resolve the issue and keep its policy intact. For instance, eHarmony could have simply refused to service the state of New Jersey. Instead, Warren conceded significant moral ground, opening the door to a wave of attacks on other dating sites like catholicmatch.com.

Please join us in expressing your disappointment by emailing [e-mail] or by calling 800-951-2023. Let them know how troubling it is that a company once so bold in its mission to establish "successful heterosexual marriages" is now actively participating in the assault on the true meaning of sexuality.

It's exciting to see so much infighting from the other side. We could be using this opportunity to divide them even more. Any ideas on how we can go about accomplishing this?

[Deep13]

1. Tell "pro-family" followers that gay couples are also families. nt

[Turbineguy]

2. Family Research Counsel:

Get Stuffed!

[MineralMan]

3. What isn't the FRC pissed about?

Seems like they can find something to hate just about anywhere. Morons.

[47of74]

7. Nothing...

Instead of attending to their logs in their own eyes they spend their days pointing out the specks in the eyes of others.

[JackBeck]

11. I think the larger point to be made here

Is that the Right Wing fundies and their organizations are quickly unraveling, now that the election is over. And it's now gotten to a point where they are openly and publicly fighting with one another.

This is a good thing, and an opportunity for our side to take advantage of their waning power and influence.

[MineralMan]

14. I agree with you.

I expect donations to these "organizations" to drop off sharply, and that'll put paid to some of them. The economy and the impotence they've shown recently should stimulate a lack of interest.

Tony Perkins can bite my red butt!

[yellowcanine]

4. Good. Anything that takes up staff time at FRC is a good thing.

[JackBeck]

27. And it's a dwindling staff. Funny you should mention it. n/t

[FreeState]

5. "participating in the assault on the true meaning of sexuality."

Wow - just wow, could they be any more hateful?

[JackBeck]

8. Yeah, that just kicked their hate up to a whole new level.

But as long as they keep bleeding staff and fail to meet fund raising goals, we'll actually see going our lifetime possibly the exact moment when they are rendered irrelevant.

[Deep13]

16. And what is that true meaning, pray tell?

:shrug:
And why do religious zealots feel it necessary to control every aspect of people's private lives?

[Lerkfish]

6. completely as an aside, the thing I find disturbing is

that this is treating humans as dating commodities, that have a financial value as assets in a transaction.
The settlement was an exchange, in virtual financial assets, of the perceived damage, which was a lack of opportunity to find love.


nothing to do with the OP's point or the whackjob fundies' lament, but just something that really stuck out at me when I read the out of court settlement.

[monmouth]

10. You're absolutely right, the bottom line is the thing.....n/t

[cobalt1999]

9. One day eHarmony will allow atheists to participate too.

That will really blow their minds.

(maybe they already changed that rule)

[MineralMan]

15. Why would atheists bother?

They're already finding the best matches on their own...handsome devils and lovely women that they are...(present company included, of course).

[Deep13]

17. They don't?

Are they run by the Mormons or something?

[cobalt1999]

22. It used to be a rule there, not sure if it still is.

Religious fundamentalists run and own the site not sure what flavor they are.

[qb]

12. About eHarmony's caving so readily... maybe they just needed an excuse

to dive into the lucrative same-sex market.

[EFerrari]

13. If the Freaks argument is eHarmony didn't fight, then the wedge

is that FRC is antogonizing potential partners in their "movement" and harrassing pro-family businessmen.

lol

[Deep13]

18. "...sending tremors through the faith community."

Okay, once again Fundies, those of us outside of your religion are not bound by your religious rules, dumbass.

[JackBeck]

32. Their dreams of turning this country into a theocracy continue to fade.

About fucking time.

[damntexdem]

19. Too bad it took legal pressure for eHarmony to do the right thing.

But if that's what it takes, AGs should go for it. The squeels from Fuckups on the Family should be eharmonious music to our ears.

[FiveGoodMen]

20. Basic rule: Any org with 'Family' in its title SUCKS SATAN'S COCK

[JackBeck]

21. Umm....PFLAG?

http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=194&srcid=-2

[FiveGoodMen]

23. Fine. Every rule has exceptions.

But beware of 'Family', 'Concerned', 'Values' ...

You know what I'm getting at.

No. I'm not against PFLAG.

[JackBeck]

24. 'Concerned' is the one when I get

Well, concerned.

[Deep13]

25. FCVSC

Family of Concerned Values Sucking Satan's Cock.

[rucky]

26. or "Concerned"

or "Freedom"

[FiveGoodMen]

30. Oops! Forgot 'Freedom(TM)'

[guitar man]

28. Professional windmill tilters they are

:eyes:

[donco6]

29. Gay bits and bytes rubbing naughty parts with straight ones.

The HORROR!

[FiveGoodMen]

31. !

:rofl: