That's what it's all about. It's now sort of a cottage industry. Pick a Christian entity, manufacture an outrage, then wait for the settlement money.
However, I'm still waiting for a gay couple to file a lawsuit against one of these guys.
Posted on 01/03/2019 10:24:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Spark Networks Inc., owner of ChristianMingle.com, LDSSingles.com and other faith-based dating websites, will make its services more LGBT-friendly after settling a discrimination lawsuit filed by two gay men.
The dating sites previously “required new users to specify whether they’re a man seeking a woman or a woman seeking a man,” The Wall Street Journal reported. Now, people will simply sign-up as a male or female.
Additionally, “Spark Networks agreed that within two years, it would adjust other searching and profile features to give gay and lesbian singles a more tailored experience,” the article noted.
The lawsuit focused on a California anti-discrimination law. “Known as the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the state law requires ‘business establishments’ to offer ‘full and equal accommodations’ to people regardless of their sexual orientation,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
Spark Networks did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement agreement, but “it did agree to pay each plaintiff $9,000 and cover the $450,000 they had accumulated” in legal fees, CBC News reported.
A representative for the company told The Wall Street Journal that leaders were “pleased to resolve this litigation,” but others are frustrated by the outcome.
“Twitter critics of the court decision are saying that it’s the result of a ‘bully verdict,’ an assault on religious liberty, or worse,” CBC News reported.
The settlement announcement comes at a time when anti-discrimination laws and religious liberty protections are repeatedly coming into conflict, such as on college campuses and in state legislatures.
Christian communities vary widely in their response to gay and lesbian relationships, according to data from Public Religion Research Institute. Fewer than 3 in 10 white evangelical Protestants (26 percent) support same-sex marriage, compared to 69 percent of white mainline Protestants, 58 percent of Catholics and 26 percent of Mormons.
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I suspect in the end if you sign up for one of these sites, you will be compelled to “date” anyone who wishes to “date” you and can face several legal consequences if you do not. I think that a wise single person who wishes to marry should avoid these services as of now, put this matter in the hands of God, let friends and family know you would like to meet someone, and join organizations where you are likely to meet like-minded single people.
That's what it's all about. It's now sort of a cottage industry. Pick a Christian entity, manufacture an outrage, then wait for the settlement money.
However, I'm still waiting for a gay couple to file a lawsuit against one of these guys.
[[This is a christian site, homosexual behavior is un-christian.]]
Which proves it is NOT a Christian site- anyone can call themselves Christians- but TRUE Christians listen to the word of God and don’t compromise
Fo they identify themselves as Gay on the website? Will this be a requirement?
They should do like E-harmony and ask people a ton of questions before they get any matches. I was on e-harmony for a while when I was single but never got any matches.
I did get a few prospects but that provoked more questions. I don’t know if the other parties or E-harmony decided they weren’t good matches.
FreeRepublic is California based!
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This all points to the need for legislation that would guarantee the right of any business owner to set moral or religious standards within their place of business as dictated by their conscience and beliefs.]]
Exactly- but you just know that the left would scream their fool heads off and whine about the constitutionality of it and you know john roberts would side with the left on it
King James Version (KJV), Leviticus 20:13 - If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.
I seem to recall reading that Christian Mingle had a lot of con artists ripping off dates in various and sundry scams
When do we simply say not “no” but “eff no”.
Make the legislators and judges fear us.
Long past time, folks.
Either take a bodacious Obama on these progressives or get off the pot.
wonder what would happen if someone posted that bible verse on facebook s/
Exactly. We need to know who/where/etc. They use doxing. Why not us?
It’s long past war, folks.
They ought to be required to identify as such, otherwise what would protect single young females from being preyed on by old married males?
So how much should spark lose if they were to fight instead of settle?
I don’t agree with the outcome, but it would have cost them millions to only lose in the end anyway...
Tell me the last time the homos lost a court battle...
It sure ain’t 26% in the evangelical circles I run in. Nowhere close.
Although I do see some wobbliness among some younger adults, but still nowhere near that high.
Why did they have to go along if the baker doesn’t have to bake the cake?
"...can face several legal consequences if you do not [date someone seeking a date]..."
“Christian Mingle, other religious dating sites must now serve . . . singles”
Sick, sinful and shameful.
And sacrilegious.
> wonder what would happen if someone posted that bible verse on facebook s/ <
All hell would break loose! Unless of course you make a “mistake”, and say it came from the Koran. Then Facebook would respect your right to follow your own religious beliefs.
Fine, MasterCard and other financial institutions must now serve 2A-related businesses.
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