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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...

Looking for love - in many places Cheyenne native travels country to meet women he met through Web site By Allison Fashek rep8@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Like most people who use Internet dating services, Kevin McMindes was a little leery about the idea at first. An outdoorsy guy who wears his stubble well, the 30-year-old McMindes was talked into the venture in June by a good friend from his days at Montana State, Kristen LaRue. "I'd heard that on a lot of sites, guys are married but still looking for somebody, or they say they're 6...