[Beetle01]

Shame on you, cavemaster, for making this issue into something it is not.

If anyone has made an invalid comparison, it is you. This is not a matter of a certain people group being discriminated against. Your comparison to racial segregation in the Old South is a smack in the face to all the African-Americans who were victims of such prejudice. In that case, blacks were not allowed to enter a place of business that was open to the public, which is a violation of civil rights.

In the matter of e-harmony, it's not that homosexuals are not allowed to join, just that they would not be able to receive the services that they desired. The company is not required to offer services solely to cater to one people group. This where the comparison comes in: requiring e-harmony to provide homosexual dating services is no different than requiring Wendy's to serve tacos. It's not on the menu, yet someone wants it anyway, and by gosh they're going to get it.

To summarize, to not allow an African-American into a restaurant because of their race would be discrimination. However, if the person was told that they could not order something that was not on the menu, that is not the same. Similarly, if a homosexual person was denied access to e-harmony due to their orientation, that would be discrimination. But if they were not satisfied because the site would only allow them to meet people of the other sex, that is not the same. Everyone on the site is offered the same services, access to members of the opposite sex, so no one is being discriminated against.

GOOD POST!